Transcript: Japan Replaces Prime Minister With a Socialist Leader

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NPR All Things Considered
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June 29, 1994
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: A Socialist prime minister in Japan.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: This is All Things Considered from National Public Radio.

WERTHEIMER: Japan has replaced her prime minister. The new leader is Toiichi Murayama, a compromise choice. He is a Socialist.

SIEGEL: Socialists haven't led a government in Japan for nearly 50 years. We'll find out why now and what's next.

WERTHEIMER: Also, more refugees coming out of Haiti in small boats as the administration opens another processing center at Guantanamo Bay.

SIEGEL: Our news analyst has some thoughts on the desperation of those refugees and ...

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