Japan's finance minister to be new PM

TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was chosen on Monday to become Japan's sixth prime minister in five years, but needs to overcome a divided parliament and deep rifts in the ruling party if he is to make more of a mark than his recent predecessors.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17c4dee0/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%27s+finance+minister+to+be+new+PM&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fuk-japan-politics-idUKTRE77R3HN20110829%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%27s+finance+minister+to+be+new+PM&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fuk-japan-politics-idUKTRE77R3HN20110829%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/111973300013/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17c4dee0/kg/221/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111973300013/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17c4dee0/kg/221/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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