"I'm not proud of that but it was a really spontaneous moment and I was really angry and frustrated, " he says.

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"I'm so frustrated because we were just about there on race pace and everything was feeling really good, " said Rea after the crash.

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"This is supposed to be a very important election because we will choose Dietmen who will make policies for Japan in the next century, but I'm frustrated because none of the parties or their leaders appear capable of addressing what they really want to do, " he says.

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