Until recently, a move led by Mr Nakagawa and Mr Shiozaki looked as if it might derail passage of the next fiscal year's budget.

直到最近一项有中川秀直和盐崎恭久提出的倡议可能阻碍麻生太郎09年度财政预算案的通过。

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Mr Shiozaki says his party label was a liability during the campaign, although he sits for a rural constituency.

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In part, critics like Mr Kono and Mr Shiozaki are venting the sorts of frustrations felt by ambitious, younger people in all traditional Japanese organisations.

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