Japanese media said the defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party, and even more than its 1998 election defeat suffered more serious, then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto resigned later.

• 日媒体称，自民党的这次失利，甚至比其在1998年遭遇的选举失败更加惨重，当时的首相桥本龙太郎后来引咎辞职。