The Democratic Party of Japan officially reinstalled Ichiro Ozawa as president of the largest opposition force Monday at its extraordinary party convention in Tokyo.</PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Democratic party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa expresses joy with acting President Naoto Kan –
and Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama during a party convention Monday in Tokyo.
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"Our goal at the DPJ is to take over power and create a new Japan by breaking from the past and vested interests. This is real reform," Ozawa said at the meeting.
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