لقد كان الوقت ضيقا امام الحزب الديمقراطي الياباني من أجل تعويض ما اهمله الحزب الليبرالي الديمقراطي لفترة طويلة.
Its seventeen months in power before the current catastrophe have been a saga of struggle with career officials in many parts of the bureaucracy, including the judiciary, fighting for the survival of the world they have always known.