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Mon 07 Jul 2007Japan's PM refuses to quit after crushing poll defeatJapan:Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe insisted he would stay in his job yesterday despite suffering a crushing political reverse after just 10 scandal-tainted months in office.Mr Abe's grip on power has been badly weakened by the results of the upper house election, which saw a historic swing away from the conservative ruling coalition he heads toward the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).