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In Japan on 16 May 1980 Japan Socialist Party (JSP) brought a no-confidence motion to the Diet mentioning corruption and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives of Japan (lower house) to withdraw its backing from the government. Unexpectedly 69 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of the Diet from the Fukuda Takeo Miki Takeo and Hidenao Nakagawa factions abstained from voting on the motion.
