The upper and lower houses of the Diet, Japan's parliament, were expected to confirm Kan as prime minister a few hours after the vote by the Democratic Party of Japan.

在菅直人赢得党内选举几小时后，日本参议两院将宣布菅直人当选日本首相。

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Japan must hold parliamentary elections by the end of September, and many people believe Mr. Aso's Liberal Democratic party will lose control of parliament.

日本必须在9月底之前举行议会选举，许多日本人认为，麻生所在的自民党会失去对日本国会的控制权。

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In addition, the yen weakened after Japan's lower house of parliament voted to approve all three government nominees for the top three jobs at the Bank of Japan, with final confirmation expected on Friday.

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Two days later, after cursory debate, the lower house of parliament passed a new law allowing Japan's ailing life insurers to cut the rates of return they guaranteed to policyholders, and thus to break unprofitable contracts.

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Japan's parliament has approved Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to push for monetary stimulus to boost growth in the world's third-largest economy.

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