Japan's new rulers
Posted: September 3, 2009 at 3:55 a.m.
How do you say "throw the bums out" in Japanese? That's what Japanese voters did on Sunday, booting the Liberal Democratic Party that has ruled almost continuously for more than half a century and leaves now with the world's second-largest economy in sorry shape.
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Editorial, Pages 16 on 09/03/2009
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