BBC News, Tokyo The poll result is a blow to Naoto Kan's sales tax reform plans
Naoto Kan has been Japan's prime minister since only last month, but already he has been dealt a stinging rebuke by the electorate.
His Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and its tiny coalition ally lost their majority in the upper house of parliament.
Japan has already suffered two decades of economic stagnation; now it faces political stagnation too unless Mr Kan can persuade small parties to help him pass laws.
Worse, this election may well have put paid, for now, to any thoughts of tackling Japan's massive public debt.
It is already nearly twice the size of the economy's annual output, and growing.
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