Sean: 中間選挙

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Posted by Sean:
中間選挙
http://whiteperil.com/posts/1163004508.shtml


   The Japanese media don't seem to be saying much of anything
   interesting about the US election results. [1]This is the Nikkei story
   thus far, useful chiefly if you don't know how to say "midterm
   election" or "incumbent" in Japanese. I expect an editorial tomorrow
   about what the Democratic takeover of the House means for our support
   for Japanese security. For now, I'm expecting that most of the world
   press, unfortunately, will adopt the interpretation [2]given in the
   Asahi:

     In addition to whether the Bush administration's policies
     surrounding the Iraq invasion are right or wrong, questions about
     ethics were posed, related to scandals and incidences of corruption
     engaged in by Republican congressmen that had come to light. As a
     result, the Democrats got a boost, and made significant gains in
     the number of seats they held in both houses.

References

   1. http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20061108AT2M0803E08112006.html
   2. http://www.asahi.com/international/update/1108/020.html