A black man will be in charge of the United States of America for the first time of its history.
“Yes, we can!” and “Change” are very famous words even in Japan. The words are simple but powerful.

A book with CD which collected President-elect Barack Obama’s speeches is sold over 400,000 in only 2 months in Japan. Its publisher says this book is their second-bestseller. I was personally impressed by his speeches which he delivered in different occasions.
It seems that people buy the book for studying English, but want to buy its following version because they are moved by his speech. Actually, US president–elect Barack Obama inspires the hearts of Japanese.
Definitely many Japanese will look forward to listening his inauguration speech.

His inauguration ceremony will be held soon.