2011/09/03 02:57 – EDITORIAL: All Together Now
“All Together Now” seems to be the slogan of the day: TOKYO Nikkei–Party unity is important for what it accomplishes. We hope Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s government sets clear goals and, unlike the two before it, moves in lock step against the country’s problems. via 2011/09/03 02:57 – EDITORIAL: All Together Now. Prime Minister Yoshihiko [...]
Eloquent orator seen as safe choice – FT.com
Jiro Yamaguchi, a political scientist at Hokkaido University, says Mr Noda is likely to try to avoid further friction and to instead pursue a conventional foreign policy stressing stability in ties with the US.“I don’t think that he’s a die-hard conservative or nationalist,” Prof Yamaguchi says. “I don’t think he will visit Yasukuni … he’s [...]
Anti-Ozawa votes put Noda over : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
From the Daily Yomiuri Online. (I like the “observers said” quote. I was an observer, too, and I said the same thing!) The victory of Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda in a runoff election for the Democratic Party of Japan leadership Monday signified a refusal by a majority of party lawmakers to restore visible influence to [...]
2011/08/27 04:30 – DPJ’s ‘Escape From Ozawa,’ Part III
“He’s popular in public opinion polls” but he’s not Ozawa’s friend, so that’s the end of that. Maehara had booked a 300-seat Diet conference room for a rally that afternoon, hoping to build an early head of steam. But only about 40 lawmakers showed up. “He’s popular in public opinion polls, but support for hims [...]
Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open – Yahoo! News
Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open – Yahoo! News. Wow. So exciting. Can’t wait to learn the results. If only they choose the right guy, then all Japan’s problems will be fixed.
Taxes, taxes and more taxes
No. 1 The government is set to provisionally raise taxes and secure around 700 billion yen in funds to pay damages to people who filed lawsuits over mass hepatitis B infections, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.The tax hike would come over a five-year period starting next April, and the government will finalize the [...]
Yes we can… what?
The newspaper headline yesterday (Thursday, Nov. 6th, 2008) was イエス・ウィー・キャン We can what? Americans pride themselves on being a can-do nation: not just a nation of practical people of ability, but also of an optimistic attitude that is expressed in that old chestnut: “The possible we do straight away. The impossible takes a little longer.” [...]
