Japan Election News Updates -- August 30, 2009

Voters cast ballots Sunday at a polling station in Tokyo. Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times

Japan Vote Points to Political Upheaval -- New York Times

TOKYO — For only the second time in postwar history, Japanese voters appeared ready to cast out the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party in elections on Sunday, handing an apparent landslide victory to an untested opposition that must tackle severe economic problems and point Japan in a new direction.

In early counting on Sunday night, voters were flocking to the main opposition Democratic Party, a broad coalition of former socialists and ruling party defectors who promised to ease Japan’s growing social inequalities and reduce its traditional dependency on Washington.

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More News On Japan's Election

Japan's Aso concedes defeat in election -- Yahoo News/AP
Japan opposition heads for historic win: exit polls -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Japan opposition earn landslide victory: exit polls -- Yahoo News/AFP
Japanese govenment crushed in election rout -- Times Online
Opposition wins landslide in Japan election -- CBC
Japanese opposition sweeps to power -- Telegraph
Exit Polls: Japan's Opposition Wins Election in Landslide -- Voice of America
Hatoyama thanks voters -- Strait Times
Historic win the start of bumpy road for Japan's new leaders -- Asia One/AFP
Japan DPJ Hatoyama:Too Early To Talk About Cabinet Lineup -- Wall Street Journal
Hatoyama: political blue-blood talking about revolution -- Asia One/AFP
Japan Democrats want coalition after landslide -- Reuters
Japan Prepares for a Change as Voting Begins -- New York Times

WNU Staff: WNU will have a complete recap on today's historic Japanese election tomorrow at 9:00 EST Monday.