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Japan Joins Recent Wave Of Economic Expansion - washingtonpost.com

"It is too late," said Minoru Morita, a political analyst in Tokyo. "Regardless of what the numbers say, a majority of people are struggling day to day. The market will respond, but the general public will not."

"The wind is still blowing for the opposition party," Morita said. "The relationship of the ruling party with the grass roots has been destroyed. People feel they can no longer support LDP, and they want change."