Here's some short notes from the election: * The DPJ had a good night, ending up with 308 seats. Not enough for a supermajority, but tha...

Right now we have 224 confirmed seats for DPJ against 49 for the LDP. The combined opposition parties are within a few seats of a majority. ...

After years of coy teasing and feeling each other up, the country and the parties finally embraced for election in late July. The parties...

The election is just two days away. As the voters walk through town to the polling stations the parties have one final chance to appeal, thr...

Panoramic view from Rokko mountain. Click on the image for a somewhat larger version. You can also view the really large size , though that ...

The always interesting Jun Okumura at Globaltalk 21 has an interesting post about the (mis)use of "urban" and "rural" ...

To follow up from my own perfectly accurate (until they're proven false) predictions, some people with actual knowledge of politics hav...