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Japanese voters look set to sweep the opposition to victory in Sunday's election, but the novice Democratic Party will quickly face the challenge of an economy suffering from record jobless rates and deflation.

  • JAPAN
    Democratic Party wins landslide in legislative elections
    Japan's electorate has made history by voting out the conservative Liberal Democrat Party, giving the opposition Democratic Party of Japan an apparent landslide victory, according to media reports.
  • JAPAN
    High voter turnout in legislative elections
    Japanese voters head to polls Sunday for legislative elections that could see the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan, led by Yukio Hatoyama (pictured), unseat the ruling conservatives of Prime Minister Taro Aso for the first time in five decades.
  • JAPAN
    Yukio Hatoyama, the Japanese Kennedy
    A discreet man who hails from a political dynasty, Yukio Hatoyama is favourite to win the legislative elections on August 30. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the man who could put an end to 50 years of conservative rule in Japan.
  • JAPAN
    Economic worries to play a key role in legislative vote
    Japan goes to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections that could see the end of the ruling conservatives' almost unbroken hold on power since 1955 and the emergence of the Democratic Party of Japan – with a radical economic agenda.

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    Opposition heading for landslide election win
    Exit polls say the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has roundly defeated Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the country's general election, ending the latter party's five-decade rule.
  • JAPAN
    High voter turnout in legislative elections
    Japanese voters head to polls Sunday for legislative elections that could see the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan, led by Yukio Hatoyama (pictured), unseat the ruling conservatives of Prime Minister Taro Aso for the first time in five decades.
  • JAPAN
    Opposition scents victory as campaign draws to an end
    Japan's political leaders wound up campaigning on Saturday ahead of key legislative elections that could see the end of the ruling conservatives' almost unbroken hold on power since 1955.
  • JAPAN
    Economic worries to play a key role in legislative vote
    Japan goes to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections that could see the end of the ruling conservatives' almost unbroken hold on power since 1955 and the emergence of the Democratic Party of Japan – with a radical economic agenda.
  • JAPAN
    Jobless rate hits record high ahead of legislative elections
    Japan's jobless rate hit a record post-war high according to new figures released on Friday, rising to 5.7 percent in July. The results increase the pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso, just two days ahead of legislative elections.
  • JAPAN
    Yukio Hatoyama, the Japanese Kennedy
    A discreet man who hails from a political dynasty, Yukio Hatoyama is favourite to win the legislative elections on August 30. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the man who could put an end to 50 years of conservative rule in Japan.
  • JAPAN
    Historic chance for opposition as election campaign begins
    Japan's election campaign has officially begun, with the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) well positioned in opinion polls to wrestle leadership away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in power for nearly half a century.
  • JAPAN
    Unemployment hits six-year high
    Japan's jobless rate hit a six-year high of 5.4 percent in June, putting the unemployment rate on course to rise above post-World War II levels. The country is suffering its worst recession in decades.
  • JAPAN
    PM dissolves parliament ahead of general election
    Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has dissolved the lower house of parliament to ready the country for a general elections on August 30 which could see the opposition DPJ take power from the LDP for the first time since 1955.
  • JAPAN
    Embattled premier to call general election for Aug. 30, party official says
    Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to call a general election for August 30, a party official has said. Pressure for Aso to step down was expected to grow after his ruling party lost its majority in Sunday's Tokyo assembly vote.
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