Japanese Opposition Party Poised for Victory.

With the official start of the political campaign in Japan, the nation’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been the ruling party more or less consistantly for the past 50 years, is trailing dramatically according to two polls by major Japanese dailies. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a relatively new opposition party which runs on a dramatically anti-traditionalist platform is shown leading 35 percent to 16 percent by Tokyo Shimbun, and 40 percent to 21 percent by Asahi Daily...Link