Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama walks past his poster after speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo September 1, 2009. Japan's Democratic Party, fresh from a landslide election victory, met the central bank governor and senior finance ministry bureaucrats on Tuesday as the transition to a new government stepped up a gear. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN POLITICS ELECTIONS) By Yoko Nishikawa and Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s Democratic Party, fresh from a landslide election victory, discussed the country’s struggling economy with the central bank and finance ministry on Tuesday as the transition to a new government stepped up a gear.

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