BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan victor hails 'revolution'

Page last updated at 17:25 GMT, Sunday, 30 August 2009 18:25 UK Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama has hailed an election "revolution", with exit polls suggesting a massive win for his party. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won 300 seats in the 480-seat lower house, ending 50 years of almost unbroken rule by the LDP, NHK TV predicted. Mr Hatoyama, 62, said people were "fed up" with the g

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イギリスメディアにとって、鳩山一郎元首相の孫というよりも、ブリヂストン創業者の孫の方がニュースバリューあるんだなぁ。まぁ、当然と言えば当然だが／投票率に関する記述は、ひどい誤報なのだが。