The Japanese Prime Minister, Taro Aso, has been forced to call a general election for next month and it is likely that his party will lose. As the Liberal Democratic Party have dominated Japanese politics since World War 2, this is big news. This article from the Independent is a good examination of how Mr Aso has got into so much trouble, mainly due to the economic crisis and his tendency to make serious gaffes. (He compared his political opponents to the Nazi Party and said that the elderly "Did nothing except eat and sit around drinking" - this is the country with the largest percentage of pensioners in the world!)
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