from an editorial of Yomiuri

The Daily Yomiuriの英訳は９．２２日に掲載します。
安倍新自民総裁：「圧勝」を政権運営に生かせるか
Shinzo Abe, the new LDP presedent:Whether "landslide victory" is took advantage of in managing his administration or not?
(New LDP president will need strong team)

過半数を大きく上回る支持を得て、安倍晋三官房長官が自民党の新総裁に選出された。
With votes far surpassing the half of the total, Shinzo Abe,Chief Cabinet Secretary, was elected the new LDP president.
(Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday by an overwhelming majority.)

２６日に召集される臨時国会の首相指名選挙で、戦後生まれでは初の首相となる。
Through the votes for the new prime minister in an extraordinary Diet covened on September 26, he will　elected the first prime minister among those who were born after World War Ⅱ.
(Abe is expected to be elected prime minister at an extraordinary Diet session to be convened Tuesday. He will become the first prime minister born after the end of World War Ⅱ．)

安倍氏の得票は４６４票で、麻生外相１３６票、谷垣財務相１０２票に大差をつけた。得票率６６％は、小泉首相の総裁初当選時の６２％を超える。一見、政権基盤は強く見える。
Abe's votes were 464,marking a big margin from Aso's 136 votes,and Tanigaki's 102 votes. The ratio of 66% ,the ration of the votes for him to the total, is more than the 62% which Junichiro Koizumi garnered at his first election for the president. At first glance, the foundation of his administration seems to be firm.
(Abe garnerede 464 votes,far exceeding the 136 votes gleaned by Foreign Minister Taro Aso and the 102 votes cast for Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki.
Abe's share of the ballots was 66 percent, compared to the 62 percent awarded to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi when he was elected party head for the first time in 2001.
This indicates Abe has a firm foundatiuon from which to run the ciuntry.)

だが、麻生、谷垣両氏は、いずれも１００票台の大台を乗せ、予想以上の善戦だった。安倍氏の「一人勝ち」にブレーキをかけようとするバランス感覚が働いたのではないか。
But, both Aso and Tanigaki,have gotten rather many votes of more than 100 ,which are better than initially expected. We think that the sense of balance,which is going to put the brake on anticipated Abe's overwhelming victory, might have worked.
(However, both Aso and Tanigaki surpassed the 100-vote mark,and they fought a better election than expected.It appears that some members of the party decided to put the brakes on a runaway Abe victory.)

from today's Nikkei

自民新総裁に安倍氏　圧勝、６割越す４６４票　２６日に首相指名　成長重視で改革
初の戦後生まれ　党３役　中川秀・麻生氏ら浮上
表で、自民党総裁選の結果
解説で、新総裁を待つ３つの関門　所信表明と補選　改革占う予算

On Wednesday, Shinzo Abe was elected the new Liberal Democratic Party president,with a landsliding victory,or 464 votes exceeding 60% of the total garnered.Abe wil be nominated the prime minister on the 26th,and will be the first prime minister who was born after World War Ⅱ．He will push forward with reforms with an emphasis put on the growth strategy. As to the party's top three executive posts, some lawmakers such as Hidenao Nakagawa and Taro Aso are referred to as candidates.

in a table, Vote counts
in a comment, Three Challenges Waiting For The New President Delivering the policy speech and by-elections Next fiscal years's budget telling his reforms

タイ　クーデタ　暫定首相、２週間以内に　総選挙、１年以内に実施
In Thailand, a coup took place ,and within two weeks the provisional premier will be nominated.And a general election will be held within a year.

自動車用鋼板　JEF、中国に新工場　５００億円超投資　２００９年メド稼動　中国の規制受け　高炉建設は断念

JEF(IEF Steel Corporation) will build a new plant in China in oreder to produce the automobile-use steels. With more than 50 billion yen invested,the company intends to begin its operation around 2009. Against the background, due to the Chines authority's regulations, the company had to give up its　initial plan to build a blast furnace there.

トヨタ　単独営業利益８割増　９月中間見通し　２００８年　世界販売９８０万台
Toyota announced its business result for the first half of this business year through the end of September,2006,and showed that its single operating profit will increase by about 80%.Also,as to the group's worldwide sales in 2008,it is expected to be the 9.8 million level.