Japan’s expected rightward turn comes more than three years after voters put the left-leaning Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in power. By contrast, South Korea’s election – scheduled for December 19, just three days after the Japanese go to the polls – could take that country to the left, after the nearly five-year rule of rightist President Lee Myung-bak, who proved to be a polarizing leader.
在左倾的民主党上台三年后，日本预计将再次向右转。相反，韩国的选举——将于12月19日举行，就在日本选举三天后——将让该国在右倾总统李明博掌权五年后向左转，而李明博显然是个走极端的领导人。