Ruling Party Concedes Defeat In Japan Election (ap)

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Yukio Hatoyama, head of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, places a red rosette on a victorious candidate's name during the ballot counting for the parliamentary elections at the party's election center in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. The DPJ won historic elections in an apparent landslide Sunday, media projections said, sending the conservatives to defeat after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP – Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.

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