Politics in game of never-ending musical chairs

| Mar 4, 2008

Politics in game of never-ending musical chairs

by Masami Ito

A nearly unbroken line of Liberal Democratic Party politicians has headed the government since the party’s 1955 formation. This dominance, however, was shaken by the stunning victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in the July 2007 House of Councilors election. In this reshaped ...