(Sunday July 11 -Upper House elections – Japan) “Your Party .., a start-up popular among urban voters ..The party, founded in August, increased its presence in the upper house to 11 seats from one, as it appealed to voters with a platform pledging to shrink bureaucracy and to put economic growth before tax increases.”
Source: ASIA NEWS
Japan Whips Incumbents
Vote Could Present Challenges for Obama Administration
By YUKA HAYASHI
JULY 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703854904575359460530772830.html “