158 rookie lawmakers, including 87 'hereditary candidates,' elected

Monday 31st August, 12:23 PM JST

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TSRnow at 01:16 PM JST - 31st August

If this was an ordinary company, with that many rookies nothing will fuction for a couple of months.

They better have orientation classes quick like they did with the Koizumi-children.
Patrick Smash at 01:30 PM JST - 31st August

So the LDP is still a club. Nearly half of what they have left are hereditary candidates.
bdiego at 01:33 PM JST - 31st August

If this was an extremely incompetent company, rookies can only make things better. Hell, the USA would become way better if they'd get rid of every single politician, wiped every law passed in the last 30 years, and replaced lawmakers with melons.
onewrldoneppl at 03:57 PM JST - 31st August

Among the LDP winners, 55, or 46.2%, are so-called ‘‘hereditary candidates,’’ who inherited their relatives’ constituencies or whose father or mother was a lawmaker, while the number of such candidates among the DPJ winners came to 32, or 10.4%.

the LDP have shown that they are a party of cronyism:

as well, their adherence to nepotism has only further damaged their credibility in the eyes of the public. maybe 4 years on the outside lookin'in will help them to gain some perspective/insights.