Political shift likely as Japanese head to polls - CNN.com

Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party.

The Liberal Democratic Party has been in nearly continuous control of Japan's parliament for more than five decades. But the country's worst economic crisis since World War II has led a normally sedate electorate to the polls, disgruntled with how slowly the country is emerging from ... Full Story »

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 29, 2009

The first party shake up in almost 50 years is huge, tomorrow will make interesting history regardless of the percentages.

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