TOKYO (Reuters) - The powerful kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will postpone a trip to the United States to avoid fanning criticism before an upper house poll expected in July, Japanese media reported on Thursday.
Support for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is sliding as voter doubts grow on his ability to resolve a feud with Washington over the relocation of a U.S. airbase by a self-imposed deadline of end-May, clouding his party's chances of a decisive win in the key vote.
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