Japanese politics at first glance

At another point in time, I saw yet another interesting insight into Japan. It was English-speaking news for foreigners in Japan, and they talked about politics. Apparently Japan has a 2-party system, except one party has all the power, while the other has none. So the political process consists of the ruling party (LDP) doing what they want, and the opposition not being able to do anything about it.

Here's how the process goes:
1) The ruling party puts forth a proposition
2) The opposition party is against it and wants to debate
3) The ruling party doesn't care, and wants to ignore the opposition
4) The opposition party protests vigorously screaming loudly and trying to convince the ruling party of their point
5) The ruling party doesn't care, and continues to ignore the opposition
6) A crazy member of the opposition physically attacks a major ruling party member
7) The ruling party calls this improper behavior, while still ignoring the opposition
8) The opposition party walks off in protest, claiming there was not sufficient time to debate the issue
9) The ruling party still doesn't care and the proposition is passed into law.

Wow, what a great system!

P.S. Update: As of August 2007, the opposition party (DPJ) has gained the majority. Now there'll be hell to pay for the LDP!!