民主党新代表に小沢氏

民主党の新代表に小沢さんが選ばれた。

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Mr.Ozawa has been elected as the Demacratic Party of Japan's new president.
Mr.Ozawa has been elected as a new DPJ president.


民主党

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the Demacratic Party of Japan (the DPJ)


The DPJ は The Demacratic Party of Japan の略

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DPJ is short for the Demacratic Party of Japan.


小沢さんは、前民主党代表の菅さんに47表差で勝った。

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Mr. Ozawa defeated Mr.Kan, a former DPJ president, by a margin of 47 votes (in the party election).


～表差で

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by a margin of ～ votes


菅さんの72票に対し、小沢さんは119票獲得した。

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Mr. Ozawa polled 119 votes to Kan's 72 (in the party election).

poll = [v] to receive a particular number of votes in an election
（候補者・政党が選挙で一定の票数を）得る


菅さんと鳩山さんに、幹事長または代表代行どちらかのポストが与えられるらしい。

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They say Mr.Kan and Mr.Hatoyama will be offered the posts of either secretary general or deputy president.


小沢さんは、小泉政権を、市場経済中心の政策で弱肉強食社会を作り出したとして非難し、広がる所得格差を是正する政策に取り組むと誓った。

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Mr.Ozawa accused the Koizumi administration of creating a dog-eat-dog society with its market oriented economic policies and pledged to work on policies to tackle the widening income disparity.


弱肉強食社会

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a dog-eat-dog society


広がる所得格差

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the widening income disparity


偽メール問題

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the fake e-mail issue


最大野党

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the largest opposition party