Japan's historic election

DPJ wins 308 seats in Japan's 480-seat lower house election

The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won Sunday's general election by landslide victory, sweeping the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) out of almost unbroken power since 1955 to usher in a new era of Japanese politics. Full story

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Aso to resign as LDP chief on Sept. 16
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Senior DPJ officials visit PM office for smooth transition of power
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Japan to call special Diet session on Sept. 16
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Japan PM-elect Hatoyama to woo Asia next
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Japanese PM says he will quit as LDP chief
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Sino-Japanese ties not to be affected after DPJ assumes reins of government: experts
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Japan heads for two-party politics, uncertainties remain
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DPJ wins 308 seats in Japan's 480-seat lower house election
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Japan's opposition DPJ begins preparations for new gov't: report
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Aso says he will quit as LDP chief

BACKGROUNDER

Elections in Japan

General elections to the House of Representatives are held every four years (unless the lower house is dissolved earlier).

Aso to resign as LDP chief on Sept. 16

2009-09-08 05:27:54 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will resign as president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sept. 16 before the lower house elects the next prime minister in a special Diet session, Kyodo News reported Tuesday, citing party officials.

Senior DPJ officials visit PM office for smooth transition of power

2009-09-02 06:46:34 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Katsuyu Okada and the party's policy chief Masayuki Naoshima on Wednesday visited Prime Minister Taro Aso's office for a smooth transfer of government.

Japan to call special Diet session on Sept. 16

2009-09-01 07:32:35 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- A special Diet session will be called on Sept. 16 following opposition Democratic Party of Japan's won in the historic general election, Kyodo News reported.

Japan PM-elect Hatoyama to woo Asia next

2009-09-01 00:02:21 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Sep.1 -- The landslide election win by Japan's opposition Democratic Party over the ruling conservatives raises hopes in Asia that the often tense relationships with Tokyo's leaders will give way to improved regional ties.

Japanese PM says he will quit as LDP chief

2009-08-31 06:27:29 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said Monday that he will step down as LDP president.

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Japan heads for two-party politics, uncertainties remain

2009-08-30 18:56:27 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The voters have spoken, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been ousted in favor of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). But now a relatively young political organization has the task of attempting to govern a country crippled by an economic crisis and the grayest population on the planet.

Opposition DPJ wins Japan's lower house election by landslide

2009-08-30 18:54:02 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won Sunday's general election by landslide victory, sweeping the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) out of almost unbroken power since 1955 to usher in a new era of Japanese politics.

DPJ victory likely in Japan, despite problems

2009-08-28 07:56:30 GMT Xinhua English by Richard Smart

Japan's foreign policy likely to change if DPJ wins: scholar

2009-08-28 02:29:34 GMT Xinhua English by Richard Smart

Poor social care may bring landslide for Japan's Democratic Party

2009-08-27 11:42:15 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, August 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan's opposition Democratic Party may secure a landslide victory in Sunday's election, a media survey indicates. If so it would end more than five decades of almost unbroken rule by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

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Backgrounder: Facts and highlights about Japan's general election

2009-08-29 22:22:06 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Voting on Japan's House of Representatives, or the lower house of the parliament, is held on Sunday. The following are some facts and highlights about Japan's general election:

Profile: Hatoyama, political blue-blood sets to take power in Japan

2009-08-29 05:17:44 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Yukio Hatoyama resides over a party that has a serious chance of wresting power away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for only the second time since 1955.

Profile: DPJ, Japan's first real opposition to LDP

2009-08-29 02:32:12 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- In 1994, the first coalition to manage to wrest power from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in modern Japanese history fell apart amid infighting, but from its ashes rose the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).

Japan's DPJ to deepen Sino-Japanese relations if wins power

2009-08-04 02:37:29 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sino-Japanese relations will be deepened if the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) wins power in the upcoming general election, Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the main opposition, told Chinese correspondents here Monday.

Japan's LDP unveils campaign platform

2009-07-31 13:45:13 GMT Xinhua English TOKYO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday unveiled its campaign platform, pledging resolute efforts to achieve steady economic growth, in a bid to confront the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the Aug. 30 general election.