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Sunday, August 30, 2009

総選挙 General Election

今日は総選挙ね。自民党は政権をすてる筈だ、そして民主党が政権を握る。。。

It's the General Election today in Japan. It's expected that the Liberal Democratic Party will relinquish their hold, and the Democratic Party of Japan will become the ruling party...

It's said that policy-wise, the DPJ will gain power because of frustrations over the economy, and a loss of confidence in the LDP to deal with issues such as the rising national debt and rapidly aging population. But it's also to do far more with the desire for change. The LDP have been in almost unbroken power for 54 years, and a DPJ Prime Minister (probably Yukio Hatoyama) is seen to be able to bring change. We shall see...

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