2010-07-11

Election in Japan

Your Party faring well among start-up parties
Among a set of start-up parties, only Your Party, which seeks a small-government platform, is faring well in Sunday's upper house election and is seen racking up around 10 of the 121 seats up for grabs, according to exit polls by Kyodo News.
Turnout was up in the election.

This comes as the DPJ suffered a setback and lost control of the upper house. Here's a list of possible coalition partners for the DPJ and their position on the major issues. Deflation is a major topic in Japan and inflation of 1-2 percent is a policy favored by several parties.

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