When the DPJ came to power in September 2009 it ended half-a-century of de facto one-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). But even more significantly, its intentions addressed a cardinal question for Japan: who should rule, bureaucratic mandarins or elected officials?
当民主党2009年9月上台时它实际上结束了日本自民党长达半个世纪的实际统治。但更重要的是，该党的意图回答了日本政治的一个根本问题：日本究竟应该由谁统治，是行政官僚？还是民选领导人？