Aso also has an engaging personality, having gone to the Olympics on Japan's skeet shooting team in Montreal in 1976 and being a well-known fan of comic books. "Mr. Aso seems to be the front-runner at the moment ... But whether he is a capable prime minister is a different story." Although the ruling Liberal Democrats have largely dominated Japanese politics since World War II, the opposition, led by the Democratic Party, has recently been winning new ground and now controls the upper house of parliament. Full Article at USA Today