Majority Party in Japan Retains Power in Parliament (NY Times)

昨日の参院選の結果を伝える NY Times の記事。つってもいつも NYT に日本発の記事を書いてる大西哲光の記事だけど。

The continued weakening of Japan's minor parties and the Democrats' success...suggest that Japan, ruled by the Liberal Democrats for all but 10 months since 1955, is steadily moving toward a real two-party system. Although the two main parties are conservative and tend to agree on policy, the opposition Democrats differed on two critical issues in the campaign leading to the upper house election.

保守同士で二大政党化と言われてもなぁ。まっとうな中道左派リベラルにとって選択肢がないのは痛いのよね。