Japanese elect a new PM..Yukio Hatoyama
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8229744.stm
Japan’s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama has hailed an election “revolution”, with exit polls suggesting a massive win for his party.
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won 300 seats in the 480-seat lower house, ending 50 years of almost unbroken rule by the LDP, NHK TV predicted.
Mr Hatoyama, 62, said people were “fed up” with the governing party.
Prime Minister Taro Aso said that he took responsibility for the defeat and would resign as head of the LDP.
Japan is suffering record unemployment and its economy is struggling to emerge from a bruising recession.
The DPJ has said it will shift the focus of government from supporting corporations to helping consumers and workers.
The White House has already said it hopes to forge a “strong alliance” with the incoming government.
Mr Hatoyama, who is almost certain to lead the next government, is the wealthy grandson of the founder of Bridgestone tyres. His other grandfather was a former LDP prime minister.
He also vowed on Sunday to strive to resolve a long-standing territorial feud with Russia.
The White House called the election “historic”, adding: “We are confident that the strong US-Japan alliance and the close partnership between our two countries will continue to flourish.”
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Is he a Freemason and a christian?
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=10562
Japanese blog discussing the issue..any interpreters out there? 
http://blog.livedoor.jp/tonchamon/archives/52252439.html
Link to the Japanese Freemasons
http://japan-freemasons.org/jp/modules/wfchannel/
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conservative rule replaced for the first time in 50 years in japan..sounds like change ( heard that before somewhere) but looks like the closed shop of japanese politics is still in place..look at his history..well steeped in ruling and powerful families..and a possible freemason as the above sites tell us..the 1% of christians in japan end up with another leader
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