So Much for Koichi Kato's long game. All autumn, Mr Kato and his reform-minded followers in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have prepared patiently for the right moment to make a push for power, reckoning on next summer at the earliest. By accident or design, however, they find themselves pitched into a real contest much sooner. Already Yoshiro Mori, Japan's unpopular prime minister, looks finished. Mr Kato will now want to press home his advantage. "The voice of the people will prevail in the end," he told reporters this week.
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