The elections in Mexico , The elections in Japan . The Japanese culture of reforms . Vincent Van Gogh , Antoni T pies , Ben Shahn , Walker Evans . The clear wins of the coalition and the government hide the crisis in Japan. The party has run Japan for the all but two years since 1955.
Japan is in a confidence crisis and at the same time lacks a credible alternative.
The DPJ expanded their strength to 127 seats compared with 95 pre-election mandates. In the Tokyo area a number of sitting Cabinet and former Cabinet members were defeated in their single-seat district races. And the Democrats outpolled the LDP in the Tokyo proportional representation constituency. But if the going gets tough, there is also the Liberal Party of Ichiro Ozawa. The Liberals left the ruling Japanese coalition before the elections, but they are more likely to rejoin the government than to become an ally of the Democrats.