ファイナンシャルタイムズ、ウォールストリートジャーナル、ニュー・リパブリックが報じる民主党の圧勝

New era for Japan as DPJ triumphs
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73ed5238-9512-11de-b810-00144feabdc0.html

FTでは、民主党が中道左派と位置づけされているんですね。

Japan’s centre-left opposition Democratic party won a crushing victory over the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democrats on Sunday, redrawing the political landscape of the world’s second largest economy.

Rise of a New Era in Japan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125160894574169933.html#

The U.S. and others may find Tokyo to be a more complex partner than it had been, as they deal with shifting leaders and priorities for the first time in decades. But Japan also might prove a more willing ally on the world stage as its new leaders pledge to take a greater role on issues such as United Nations peacekeeping missions and climate change.

The New Republicでは、9月1日の午前6時時点では、選挙後の記事はまだないようですね。

Japanese Swing
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/japanese-swing

小泉元首相を取り上げて、最後に小沢一郎のコメントで締めています。

But while the Japanese people appear ready for “regime change,” the DPJ’s slogan, they don’t seem to want radical change--but rather change in the sense elaborated by former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa: “change so that things remain the same.” Or, in this case, so that things might be as they once were.