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Originally Posted by Vexx
Apparently, as of tomorrow just after his visit with Bush, Prime Minister Abe is resigning. Can't say I'll miss him.
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Hah! So he
was just looking for a half-way decent excuse to quit after all. I thought it strange that he'd bring up the issue of resigning if he had no intention of actually going through with it.
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
Sadly, I'm not looking forward to his most likely successor either. Taro Aso is no stranger to controversy, and quite possible even more hawkish than Abe.
It increasingly looks like Koizumi was a one-of-a-kind, as far as Japanese politics is concerned.
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In what way? Most of Japan's governmental problems weren't really Abe's fault; in fact, some of them date back to Koizumi and even earlier. Furthermore, Japan's inability to gain allies in Asia is part of an ongoing sixty year trend.
Aso looks like the LDP's next sacrificial lamb - he'll probably stick around for a year or so before the LDP's unpopularity gets to him as well.