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【衆院解散】自民は「歴史的敗北」へ　英タイムズ電子版
Taro Aso calls snap election for Japan - Times Online

Japan lurched towards one of its biggest post-war political upsets this morning, as the Prime Minister, Taro Aso, called a snap election that is almost certain to result in the defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for only the second time in more than half a century.

All the indications are that his party will be removed from power for only the second time in its 54-year history, and many of Mr Aso’s MPs regard the decision as suicidal.

【衆院解散】露国営テレビ「麻生氏は戦後最も不人気の首相」

「多くの日本人は、約半世紀にわたって政権の座にあり続けた自民党が、自己改革能力を失った官僚的組織になったとみており、大掛かりな政治的変革の機が熟したと指摘されている」