The opposition, led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), threatens to use its upper-house majority to block bills needed to finance next year's budget.

由自民党(LDP)领导的反对派威胁使用上议院的多数席位阻碍明年财政预算的通过。

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The reason is the loss by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in summer elections of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).

原因就是自民党在上议院夏季选举中失利。

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The public's disdain for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is presumably now deeper.

公众对自民党的鄙视更深了。

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Something similar was at play when, in 2009, voters ended almost 55 years of uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and subsequently fell out of love with the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) that replaced it.

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So the prime minister has some explaining to do, and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, seeking to bring down the coalition led by his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), will make all the hay it can.

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The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which the DPJ ousted in 2009, is grey and cynical.

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