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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yutaka Takehana]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Hideyo Fudesaka, seen here asking a question in a Lower House Budget Committee session in March, has resigned.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Hideyo Fudesaka, seen here asking a question in a Lower House Budget Committee session in March, has resigned.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Hideyo Fudesaka, seen here asking a question in a Lower House Budget Committee session in March, has resigned.]]></image:caption>
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