They won 294 new seats, the new komeito, 31. Together it gives them a twothirds majority of the 300 ldps. Prime minister of japan took back the leadership. All those seats will allow the ldp to push through their policies. Even if the upper house rejects a bill, a vote by twothirds of the lower house lawmakers can override that decision. The election ends three years in power for the democrats. The dpj had 230 seats coming into the vote. They held on to just 57. The Restoration Party won just 54 seats. They want to earn an alternative to the established parties. They are anxious to get back to the role theyve held almost continuously since the 1950s. They talk about the ldps policy plans and what this victory means. Translator its not that voters are coming back to put their 100 trust in the ldp, but rather, its their answer to the threeyearlong political confusion brought about by the democrats. So the big question here is whether we in the ldp can meet the High Expectations of the vo