The time is fast approaching when the public becomes entirely disillusioned with both the LDP and the DPJ, which comprise a two-party system in name only, in which legislators shift allegiance for reasons centered on attachment to or enmity against the LDP. Without a grand reorganization of the major political parties along ideological lines, Japan’s domestic and foreign policies – including relations with the US – will remain a muddle.
短期看来，日本的政治局势还算稳定，但是最多不出六个月，形势就会变化。用不了多久，民众就会对自民党和民主党都彻底失望，发现在名义上的两党制之下，议员们只是因其对自民党的亲近或疏远而改变立场。如果不出现有着坚定思想路线的政党，日本的国内外政策——包括其对美关系——将难逃乱局。