Ordinary people have a growing perception that Mr Kan easily loses his temper and they do not like that, says Koichi Nakano of Sophia University.

上智大学的中野浩一表示，普通民众日益觉得菅直人冲动易怒，他们并不喜欢这一点。

youdao

Analyst Koichi Nakano of Sophia University, a private university in Tokyo, doubts the opposition can deliver on its pledges.

NPR: Japan's Opposition Party On Verge Of Historic Win

Koichi Nakano, a political scientist, says the electoral arithmetic suggests this situation could last for another five years at least.

ECONOMIST: Japan��s new leader

Koichi Nakano of Sophia University in Tokyo points out that Japan's distorted electoral map exaggerates the size of the defeat: the DPJ lost heavily against LDP candidates in depopulated rural areas that are considered to be the opposition's heartland, but which produce a disproportionate number of seats.

ECONOMIST: Japan's upper-house elections