Japanese Ruling Bloc Wins Election; Parliamentary Majority Reduced As Voters Show Their Discontent

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 26, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Japan's ruling coalition lost strength but retained its majority in general elections Sunday, signaling popular discontent with a decade of stagnation but no change in policies in the world's second- largest economy.

The moribund economy and the oratorical pratfalls of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori sharply undercut the power of the Liberal Democratic Party by 38 seats in the 480-seat lower house. The party has ruled with only brief interruption since shortly after World War II.

But with two smaller coalition party members, the Liberal Democrats still will have firm control of the parliament, or ...

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