Professor Ellis Krauss provides commentary on Japan's new leader
"Japanese voters reject longtime ruling party"
Sep 08, 2009
By John M. Glionna and Yuriko Nagano, LA Times
Reporting from Tokyo and Seoul - Japanese voters on Sunday handed a humiliating defeat to the Liberal Democratic Party after its half-century of nearly unbroken rule, opting for an untested opposition party that pledged to revive the nation's ailing economy.
Signaling frustration over a declining quality of life, a record-high unemployment rate, unraveling social services and political scandals, voters rebuked Prime Minister Taro Aso and a party that had dominated national politics here since the Eisenhower administration.
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