{"id":7298,"date":"2009-07-06T08:14:23","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7298"},"modified":"2009-07-06T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T12:14:24","slug":"j-news-mini-roundup-the-ldp-political-shock-defeat-in-chiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/06\/j-news-mini-roundup-the-ldp-political-shock-defeat-in-chiba\/","title":{"rendered":"J-News Mini-Roundup: The LDP Political SHOCK: Defeat in Chiba"},"content":{"rendered":"

J-News Mini-Roundup<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills<\/strong>, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning<\/strong> (<\/em>www.hillslearning.com<\/em><\/a>).
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Prime Minister Aso, from the Yomiuri Shinbun<\/p><\/div>\n

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Background: <\/strong>The ruling party of Japan and the party of Prime Minister Aso, the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), is showing signs of cracking. A usual LDP stronghold, Chiba Prefecture, today announced that the recommended candidate from the LDP and Komeito coalition lost a preliminary election for governor. This paves this way for the opposition party, the DPJ (Democratic Party of Japan), to take the governor\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n

This election comes in the background of the bigger national snap election, which the Prime Minister could announce at any time. The snap election can be called in the Japanese parliamentary system by the Prime Minister to redistribute power, ideally to his own party. However the signs lately are showing the opposition party gaining, and the Prime Minister losing. The papers this morning each reported something different about the LDP\u2019s losing popularity.<\/p>\n

Asahi<\/strong> \u201cWe have come from behind. This shows our real strength…\u201d
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