yukio hatoyama will be the next prime minister. he has promised an end to the cozy relationship between politicians, big business, and this has dominated japan for so long. >> we are grateful for their deep support. >> through the night there were celebrations. the democratic party of japan to exceed after seats. it was a landslide, a stunning reversal of fortune. now another government must face up big expectations. >> i voted for the dpj because i really wanted a change. for the outgoing prime minister taro aso, the humiliation of defeat of less than one year in office. he stepped down as leader. >> yukio hatoyama has been handed the power to push through real change. his talents now is to not disappoint. >> he is back in the studio now. he joins us live. what does this say today about the mindset of the japanese people that we have seen this historic shift? >> i think the election was less about the policies, less about it unpopular prime minister giving way to a new man. it was more about the japanese people delivering a verdic

. >> the son of a foreign minister and e grandson of a prime minister, yukio hatoyama comes from a political family often called the kennedys of japan. he's promising revolutionary change including free high school education, a higher minimum wage and a $320 a month child care allowance. >> translator: we must listen to the people's needs and create a government that responds to those needs. and to do that, we will not rely on bureaucrats. >> having swept the once invincible conservatives from power, yukio hatoyama must now promote their programs of change. they inherit a country deeply in the red. government debt alone will soon grow to twice the size of japan's $6 trillion economy. the democratic party has made many promises to many people, including japan's farmers. these elections certainly gives the incoming government a strong mandate to tackle the country's many problems. among them a rapidly aging population and record unemployment. >>> some more on yesterday's historic election and how it will affect japan's relations with the united states and beyond. we're joined by a man who foll

. >> ifill: the face of that call for change, presumptive prime minister yukio hatoyama, rushed todayto assemble a new cabinet. >> ( translated ): it took a long time, but i feel that now i stand at the starting line. but this is not our goal. we can now conduct politics for the people of japan in the way we believe. i feel overwhelmed with emotions for that fact. >> ifill: the liberal democrats and outgoing prime minister, taro aso, who yesterday announced his intention to resign, lost nearly two-thirds of the seats they held in japan's lower house. >> ( translated ): the results of this general election are extremely difficult for the liberal democratic party. i deeply apologize to our voters and party members from all over the nation that have supported us. i regret to have lost many of our colleagues and as the representative of this party i am responsible for this. i hereby will resign. >> ifill: u.s.-educated hatoyama has promised to jumpstart the japanese economy by increasing domestic spending and to reverse the country's declining birth rate by offering couples more money to

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the man hoping to succeed him is yukio hatoyama, of the opposition democratic party it has campaigned on the slogan "putting people's lives first" and has gained traction with many young people. in fact you may not have known that there is a youthful wave sweeping be the japanese political landscape. steve chao of al jazeera english starting from nara, southwest of tokyo. >> reporter: japan's ancient capital of nara is the city's steep in tradition. residents observe rituals passed down for more than a century ago. it's with great surprise then that the new man in the seat of power is just 33 years old. general nakagawa became the youngest mayor's history in july when people overwhelmingly vote him in. the last four mayors were in their 60s. >> translator: i can paint clearly on the message that i would offer a new style of politics and that was in tune to the spirit of the people. they want somebody to take real political action. >> reporter: believing that mood for change is countrywide. japan's opposition has deployed what's been dubbed, the princess corps. king-clad young candidat

the party's leader yukio hatoyama is almost certain to be their prime minister and faces series problems including their stalled economy and record high unemployment. >>> here at home georgia investigators say they need help in their investigation of a mass murder. seven people were found dead in a mobile home saturday mornimorning and an eighth died from wounds at the scene. a $25,000 reward is being offered. one man is under arrest for allegedly tampering with evidence but he is not considered a suspect. >>> in northern california investigators plan to spend another day trying to dig up evidence in the case against phillip garrido. he is the man accused of kidnapping and holding jaycee dugard for 18 years. police say garrido may be linked to the unsolved murders of prostitutes back in the '90s. here's mike von frechld. >> reporter: fbi and police are here in force, looking for evidence. they are digging up phillip garrido's backyard and now they are also combing through his neighbor's property, as well, because the home was once vacant, and garrido used a shed there. >> some dogs were

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