Japan PM to resign, successor race hard to call

TOKYO (Reuters) - The race to pick Japan's sixth leader in five years appeared on Friday to be shaping up as a battle between the most popular contender and a rival backed by a party powerbroker, although with five candidates in play, the outcome was hard to call.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17b25d03/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Japan+PM+to+resign%2C+successor+race+hard+to+call&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F26%2Fuk-japan-politics-idUKTRE77P0QY20110826%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Japan+PM+to+resign%2C+successor+race+hard+to+call&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F26%2Fuk-japan-politics-idUKTRE77P0QY20110826%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111918765529/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17b25d03/kg/221/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111918765529/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17b25d03/kg/221/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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