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[非公開] The Kan Cabinet's First Scandal
A new Cabinet has just been announced. Predictably, one of the new ministerial appointees is discovered to have some rather odd entries in his accounting books. Just as predictably, members of the opposition demand that the minister in question resign. The newspapers take up the tune of Japan's being unable to escape its "politics and money" (seiji to kane) problems.From 2002 to 2007, the offic..Shisaku|2010-06-10 06:00 am推薦 -
[非公開] Why the Lines of Support Do Not Cross
Liberal Democratic Party President Tanigaki Sadakazu, making an unusual and possibly desperate appearance on the main NHK 9 p.m. news broadcast tonight, triggers the Thought For The Day:The support levels for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan move in an inverse corrolation with the increase in perceptions of a ressemblance between it and the LDP.Which goes a long way toward an explaination as..Shisaku|2010-04-05 09:29 pm推薦 -
[非公開] I Don't Know No Hatoyama Cabinet
The pollsters may ask selected voters over the weekend about whether or not they support it. The news media may report about its gatherings, or use its name as a shorthand for the government.However, after yesterday's Cabinet meeting, the term "Hatoyama Cabinet" ceased to have anything but a technical meaning. The fight, short as it was, over Kamei Shizuka's draft of a law revising the Post Off..Shisaku|2010-03-31 06:28 am推薦 -
[非公開] Hatoyama At Bay
If Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio was counting on the smooth passage of the national budget (fifth fastest passage in history) and the passage of the childcare support payments bill (ok, ok, so 50% of potential recipients are saying that they intend to put the money into savings, negating the economic purpose of the payments -- at least the legislative part is done) to boost his public image, he ..Shisaku|2010-03-30 10:03 am推薦 -
[非公開] I Went To The Animal Fair
On Monday the Mainichi Shimbun published an unusually intelligent and evocative column comparing the electoral promises of the Democratic Party of Japan and the party's actual recent behavior.The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which came to power with a promise to stamp out old patronage politics, is now engaging in a more explicit form of pork-barrel elections than the Liberal Democratic Part..Shisaku|2010-03-12 12:37 am推薦 -
[非公開] As Scandal Swirls About the DPJ, It Is..
Though I have linked to it once already, T. Harris has written a magisterial post on the current parlous state of the Liberal Democratic Party. He proposes some possible answers to the current conundrum of Japanese politics: how despite the many wounds inflicted these past few months to the Democratic Party's longtime "clean" image, the Liberal Democratic Party has failed to earn even a modicum ..Shisaku|2010-03-04 12:09 pm推薦 -
[非公開] Reds
One of the interesting little bits of information to emerge out of the flood of leaks from investigation into the financial dealings of the Rikuzankai, Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Ozawa Ichiro's political fundraising organization, was a notation in one of the day planners of one of his secretaries:"Brought 400 million yen to Ozawa's home. Put it in the tatami room."Ozawa Ichiro i..Shisaku|2010-01-31 10:26 am推薦 -
[非公開] Thank You, Martin Fackler
There, I have said it.And this is why:In Japan’s Scandals, a Clash of Old Order and NewThe New York TimesTOKYO — It had all the trappings of a typical political scandal in a nation that has seen all too many of them: stacks of cash from construction companies, shady land deals and late-night arrests of grim-faced political aides widely seen as fall guys for their powerful bosses.But the unfo..Shisaku|2010-01-20 05:37 am推薦
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