Yukio Hatoyama Japan's opposition party, the Democratic Party , on Saturday chose Yukio Hatoyama as its leader for elections later this year . Hatoyama, the grandson of a former Japanese prime minister, replaced Ichiro Ozawa , who resigned from his post following a scandal over fundraising earlier this month. Hatoyama and the Democrats have promised to reduce wasteful spending and cut bureaucracy. He has also pledged to increase domestic demand during the ongoing recession , the worst in sixty years. The general elections are expected to be held in October. According to local opinion polls taken on Saturday, the Democrats may have an edge over Prime Minister Taro Aso's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has remained in power for five decades.
Yukio Hatoyama Japan's opposition party, the , on Saturday chose Yukio Hatoyama as its leader for . Hatoyama, the grandson of a former Japanese prime minister, replaced , who resigned from his post following a scandal over fundraising earlier this month. Hatoyama and the Democrats have promised to reduce wasteful spending and cut bureaucracy. He has also pledged to increase domestic demand during the , the worst in sixty years. The general elections are expected to be held in October. According to local opinion polls taken on Saturday, the Democrats may have an edge over Prime Minister Taro Aso's conservative (LDP), which has remained in power for five decades.
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Democratic Party
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elections later this year
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Ichiro Ozawa
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ongoing recession
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Liberal Democratic Party