Japan's voters have had their Obama moment: resoundingly voting for change and a new direction for their country. The question now is whether an untested, if inspirational, party can deliver. If the newly ruling Democratic Party of Japan can solve the country's myriad problems, then a true two-party system may finally take root in Japan, and the country may be transformed. If not, and power switches back to the dethroned Liberal Democratic Party, then the mantra of change and hope will have been dealt a perhaps fatal blow.
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