"He loved peace, " says Toshiaki Kawahara, an author and journalist who has written extensively about the Japanese royal family.
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Hiroshi Kawahara, political science professor at Waseda University, said Kan may emerge the safe choice because of his clean image although he is probably unable to save the party from defeat in July's elections.
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