TOKYO —

Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa expressed confidence Tuesday that his Democratic Party of Japan will win the next lower house election and dethrone the Liberal Democratic Party. ‘‘The Japanese people are hoping for a change of government and our party will be the leading party, at least,’’ Ozawa was quoted by DPJ lawmaker Tenzo Okumura as saying in a meeting with former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale.
   
According to Okumura, Ozawa also told Mondale that he feels responsible for putting the DPJ under fire because of the recent indictment of his secretary over a fundraising scandal. Ozawa was quoted as saying that the incident ‘‘allowed the government to go on the offensive toward us and it was my fault.’‘
   

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  Ninjazilla at 04:18 PM JST - 14th April

  Please God I hope hes right but unfortunately the DPJ is the Chicago Cubs of Japanese politics

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  TokyoHustla at 12:27 AM JST - 15th April

  Ozawa's overconfidence will make the Japanese people not vote for him. We like a humble man. LDP in a landslide!

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  Scrote at 10:34 AM JST - 15th April

  I'm not so confident. Ozawa needs to come out of hiding and tell us how he would deal with the recession. Since he can't/won't, I think the gullible public will fall for the trillions of Yen in new spending and re-elect the LDP, even though they are leading the country to bankruptcy.

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