…than WAPO.
Japanese Opposition Wins Elections in Landslide – NYTimes.com
TOKYO — In a rare display of democratic muscle in this traditionally apolitical nation, Japan’s voters cast out the Liberal Democratic Party for only the second time in postwar history, handing a landslide victory to the opposition in hard-fought elections on Sunday.
Opposition Party Wins by a Landslide in Japan – washingtonpost.com
TOKYO, Aug. 30 — Breaking a half-century hammerlock of one-party rule in Japan, the opposition Democratic Party won a crushing election victory on Sunday with pledges to revive the country’s stalled economy and steer a foreign-policy course less dependent on the United States.
Of course, this is incorrect.
From Japan Zone:
The LDP lost its parliamentary majority in the 1993 elections, but continued to exert influence and soon returned to power in a coalition.
Yes, they were in the minority before. The Social Democratic Party’s leader became the Prime Minister. He is most remembered for his bushy eyebrows but, still, he was Prime Minister and he was not from the LDP. The LDP didn’t regain the majority until 1996!
Doesn’t the Washington Post know of Wikipedia???
Also, it’s worth mentioning that the party that won this election, the Democratic Party, was started by Ozawa Ichiro, who led an LDP faction that split and created the Democratic Party although he is no longer its leader. He’s an insider’s insider in Japanese politics.
