TOKYO (Reuters) - Momentum is building for a "grand coalition" to break Japan's policy deadlock as it struggles with the aftermath of a triple disaster in March, but any new government would probably still have trouble tackling the nation's structural ills, including a huge debt.
Executives of outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are eyeing a temporary tie-up that, by controlling more than 80 percent of the seats in parliament, could implement policies in a divided legislature, where the opposition controls the upper house and can block bills.
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