Harkening back to the old days of backroom smoke filled politics the 'Liberal D
emocratic Party' which suffered a stinging defeat in last July elections of Japans upper house in Parliment choose Yasuo Fukuda many weeks ago but as of Sept 24th the news is official. The 'Liberal Democratic Party' suffered almost a year of being led almost from one disaster to another under the late PM Abe, best described as a 'nationalist' could'nt stand the pressure. Abe who resigned almost 11 days ago under a cloud will be replaced by Fukuda who will not pursue expanding Japans military and all the programs under Abe to pursue Japans expanision beyond its pacifist consitution will be shelved. Facing the worst crisis in over a half century the ruling 'Liberal Democratic Party' must find a way to instill new life into their government in the face of growing strength from the opposition and their own failures.