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TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's cabinet members resigned en masse on Wednesday to pave the way for a new government led by Shinzo Abe, who will be the new prime minister in the day. In a cabinet meeting in the morn

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