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[非公開] Does The Public Care About The 2009 Ma..
One of the major pillars of candidacy of Ozawa Ichiro to be leader of the Democratic Party of Japan is his stated faith that the party has lost its way. By pulling back from the promises that it made to the public in the 2009 party Manifesto, the DPJ has lost the public's trust and in such faces ruin. He insists that when he is elected party leader, he will return the DPJ to its true path of ful..Shisaku|2010-09-03 10:36 am推薦 -
[非公開] Japan's Presidential Election
Japan is a parliamentary democracy, with the Emperor as titular head of state. That being said, the country is suddenly slambang in the midst of a presidential election. There are two candidates, each with a distinct ideological cant and consequent distinct set of policy prescriptions. Both have their core supporters who will vote for them come hell or high water, leaving the pair battling, q..Shisaku|2010-09-02 09:47 am推薦 -
[非公開] Ozawa Goes For It
One can find English language accounts of Ozawa Ichiro's decision (as if, in a less-than-half-an-hour meeting, there was any internal debate on Ozawa's part) to proceed with his campaign against Kan Naoto's leadership of the Democratic Party of Japan here and here.By far the best account, however, comes from Paul Jackson at The Diplomat. Ozawa's windup to his announcement of his decision to take..Shisaku|2010-09-01 07:44 am推薦 -
[非公開] We Would Like To Caveat That
Over at sigma1, Corey Wallace has produced a review of the final version of report of the Council for National Security and Defense Buildup in the New Era (Arata na jidai no anzen hosho to boeiryoku ni kan suru kondankai), the non-partisan, non-bureaucratic advisory commission charged with drawing up an outline for the eventual the National Defense Policy Guidelines (for background see "Japan's ..Shisaku|2010-08-30 05:33 pm推薦 -
[非公開] Ozawa Ichiro Is Not Popular
As expected, Kyodo conducted a snap telephone poll in response to Ozawa Ichiro's announcement on Thursday he would be challenging Kan Naoto for the leadership of the Democratic Party of Japan. Also as expected, Kyodo found that the public really does not think highly of Mr. Ozawa's idea:69% of Japanese polled prefer Kan to Ozawa as DPJ leaderKyodo News A majority of Japanese people polled want P..Shisaku|2010-08-29 06:07 am推薦 -
[非公開] What Remains of His Days
They must come to him at night, standing around him as he awakens from a deep sleep -- or sitting round the table in the great tatami room, translucent and glowing in the darkness. Kajiyama Seiroku, Hashimoto Ryutaro, Okuda Keiwa, Nakagawa Sho'ichi with his head buried in his arms or leaning to one side...and always, at the head of the table or the foot of the bed, a stern, thick-lipped Obuchi K..Shisaku|2010-08-28 07:31 pm推薦 -
[非公開] They Want More
The Japanese education system is plagued by its monsuta perantsu and its flabbbergastingly high levels of kids refusing to go to class -- even imperial princesses cannot stay in school.China has problems seemingly on the end of the spectrum -- odious overachievers -- kids who are fantastic in their classes and unfortunately know it.Off topic somewhat, but Jiang Xueqin's essay "When Good Students..Shisaku|2010-08-28 11:47 am推薦 -
[非公開] If Ozawa Becomes Prime Minister Can He..
Not according to the Constitution of Japan and nominal notions of reality, he cannot.Article 75 - The Ministers of State (naikaku kokumu daijin), during their tenure of office, shall not be subject to legal action without the consent of the Prime Minister. However, the right to take that action is not impaired hereby.That prime minister himself is a minister of state is made clear in Article 66...Shisaku|2010-08-27 06:28 am推薦 -
[非公開] Your Constant Companion
So Ozawa Ichiro goes to it.Ozawa to challenge Kan in DPJ leadership raceKyodo NewsIchiro Ozawa, one of the most powerful figures in the Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters Thursday morning that he will run in the ruling party's leadership election next month, challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan for the party leadership...Do your know what I love about this story? Paragraph three.Hatoyama ..Shisaku|2010-08-26 04:12 pm推薦 -
[非公開] Whoop-De-Ha-Yeah!
Noda Seiko -- legacy politician, crusader for the right of married men and women to bear separate surnames, everyone's pick during the LDP years as the woman most likely to become Japan first female prime minister, is pregnant. (Link to NHK report)Using a donor's eggs, sperm from her partner (or as the newspapers put it "really her husband") and a clinic in the United States, the 49 year old pol..Shisaku|2010-08-26 06:17 am推薦
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