简介:August9,1993sawthereplacementofthe38-year-longLiberalDemocraticPartyruleinJapanbyaneweight-partycoalitiongovernmentunderPrimeMinisterMorihiroHosokawa.ItrepresentsahistoricchangeinthepostwarJapanesepolitics,achangeoffar-reachingsignificanceforJapanonthemarchto-wardsthe21stcentury.