Comments on: Prime Minister Aso to Dissolve the Lower House on July 21, Election on August 30 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/07/13/aso-lower-house-election/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Cal Hobbs http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/07/13/aso-lower-house-election/#comment-2015479 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:15:46 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/07/13/aso-lower-house-election/#comment-2015479 Japan is really churning PMs. Will this election end the reign of the Liberal Democrats? Can a new government pull Japan out of its economic malaise? I understand that one of the leaders of the conservative movement wants to end Japan's half century of following US foreign policy and to amend the Constitution to let the military play a bigger role in the region. Japan is really churning PMs.

Will this election end the reign of the Liberal Democrats?

Can a new government pull Japan out of its economic malaise?

I understand that one of the leaders of the conservative movement wants to end Japan’s half century of following US foreign policy and to amend the Constitution to let the military play a bigger role in the region.

]]> by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/07/13/aso-lower-house-election/#comment-1983289 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:32:27 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/07/13/aso-lower-house-election/#comment-1983289 August 30th - earlier than I predicted, later than we were starting to think. It was certainly coming, though. August 30th - earlier than I predicted, later than we were starting to think. It was certainly coming, though.

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