Prime Minister Aso concedes defeat in Japanese election
By CTV
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in Sunday’s election after media exit polls predicted a landslide victory for the opposition Democratic Party after nearly 54 consecutive years of conservative rule.
“These results are very severe,” Aso said in a news conference at Liberal Democrat headquarters. “There has been a deep dissatisfaction with our party.”
Aso accepted responsibility for the election results and hinted that he would resign as president of the Liberal Democrats, who have governed since 1955, with the exception of one 11-month stretch.
Japanese television network NHK predicted Sunday that the Democratic Party will win 300 of 480 seats in parliament’s lower house.
The network based its projections, which gave the Liberal Democrats about 100 seats, on exit polls of about 400,000 voters.
An exit poll by TV Asahi predicted the Democratic Party would win 315 seats.
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