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...Though it now holds the Upper House, the ruling coalition of the LDP and New Komeito maintain a majority in the more powerful Lower House, which will continue at least until elections in September 2009. DPJ officials have said they'll try to pressure Abe into calling snap elections, but there's no way of forcing one short of blocking all legislation and turning the Diet into a Tokyo traffic...
...Upper House, the party will be able to block legislation, although the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority in the Lower House will allow it to override most opposition. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa could choose to throw the government into gridlock, hoping to force Abe to call snap elections. But playing parliamentary chicken is risky: such a move could prompt the public to see the DPJ as obstructionist and incapable of governing, a charge which has stuck to them in the past. (News late Sunday night that the 65-year-old Ozawa wouldn't be appearing in public...
...only took a few days of proctoring duties for me to realize that this summer was simply history repeating itself: Like my summer experience last year, when the more animated (read: bad) kids I worked with taught me how to snap and step to a wonderful rendition of “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It,” I entered the job to give instruction and ended up receiving much more of it than I divvyed...
...Perhaps the most optimistic outcome would see reform-minded young members of both parties join forces to form a new coalition ready to tackle Japan's problems, but the revolution seems unlikely. Less than two years after Koizumi electrified the nation by calling a snap election to defend his reform plans, voters seem resigned to the return of Japanese politics as usual. Back at the Minato welfare office, 71-year-old Asako Hamada sees little reason for hope. "I don't know anything about politics, but I know things are not well at the present moment," she says. "That neither...
...affiliates awoke to a surprise e-mail invitation to the ice cream social. The event drew a diverse crowd including students from the Summer School and Extension School, several undergraduates, Cambridge residents, and tourists, lured by both the buckets of Klondike bars and Italian ices and the chance to snap a picture with the new president...