One night after the rejection of the no-confidence vote in the Cabinet
Intensive deliberation in the House of Councillors is a needle in a haystack
June 3, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister, sanding at left, speaks during an upper house budget committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on Friday, June 3, 2011, the day after he has survived a non-confidence motion brought against him by opposition parties. Survived though he has, the political outlook for the lame-duck administration remains bleak as Kan is unlikely to gain the opposition camp's cooperation necessary to pass various key bills in the divided Diet. (Photo by AFLO) [3609] -mis-