This scenario sounds so familiar:
The morning after a historic victory by Japan’s opposition party in national elections, pressure was already mounting Monday for quick, definitive action on a host of problems facing the country, with jump-starting the economy at the top of the list.The country is mired in its worst economic slump since World War II, caught in deflation and with unemployment at record levels. Widespread voter dissatisfaction with the ruling party’s efforts at a turnaround led to a landslide victory for the opposition.
The Liberal Democratic Party (a term as meaningful as “Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea”) has been in power since 1955. The Democratic Party of Japan, formed in 1998, is taking power for the first time.
Not a perfect analogue by any means, but it has a familiar ring.
