http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/ Common Ground, Uncommon Debate en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:15:50 +0000 http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/topic/2009-japanese-elections#post-17 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:50:51 +0000 wilcoxchar 17@http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/ <p>The general elections in Japan resulted in the replacement of the Liberal Democratic Party, which had been in power in the Japanese parliament for almost 50 years, with the Democratic Party of Japan. With party leader Yukio Hatoyama expected to become Prime Minister this week, how will this change in party affect the politics of Japan? </p>