The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has won the elections in a major landslide, taking 302 of the 480 seats, leaving the main opposition party (and the de-facto party since 1955) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with just 112 seats (the rest of the seats going to smaller parties). DP leader Hatoyama Yukio (pictured) is slated to become the next Prime Minister as Aso Taro had stepped down in defeat.
[Bloompy has been away, true, and has yet to come up with a replacement blog now that he lives away from Japan; perhaps this one should continue to cover things Tokyo and Japan.]
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