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2013-02-22, 13:38 | Link #244 | |
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Yah those private corporations from Japan just want too relive their zaibatsu glory the way their Korean Chaebol counterparts are living now.
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2013-02-22, 21:27 | Link #245 |
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What zaibatsu....They are more bearable than what TPP will bring. The giant US corps and self-interest groups like RIAA and their iron control. Zaibatsu are nothing compared to that. At least they don't try to poke their nose where they don't belong
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2013-07-21, 08:05 | Link #246 | |
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Abe wins key upper house elections
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2013-07-21, 09:14 | Link #247 |
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And it looks like Abe-nomics will continue
When he visited my country, he made a stop in my Japanese language school. I was so jealous because I was not at school that day -- I didn't have classes. He even observed a class that was being conducted by my former teacher. Oh well. I read somewhere that Ben and Jerry's offered free ice cream to encourage people to vote today. Not sure what the voter turnout was, though. |
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TRL's quoted report above has the answer:
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As someone with a small chunk of money in a mutual fund that invests in "small-to-medium-sized*" Japanese firms, I'm hoping this news will give the markets another boost. I would think investors will view unified party control in the Diet as a positive influence on future Japanese growth. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes of the BBC discussed the possible costs and benefits of this victory the other day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23376633 Will Mr. Abe view this victory as an endorsement to pursue a more aggressive foreign policy, or will he focus on the tougher task of reforming the economy? I don't see these as an either/or proposition myself. _______________ *Given the nature of the Japanese economy, this fund's definition of the "small-to-medium-sized" category includes firms like Honda, Nissan and Sega!
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2013-11-08, 03:37 | Link #249 | |
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Few appreciate Abe's attempts to pick up Obama's East Asia fumble
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But it is true that we have reached a stage where there is less of a counterweight against the rising power of China, which doesn't even need to flex it military muscle (it doesn't want to; Chinese leaders know full well that they have bigger problems to deal with than to provoke a regional war) to twist the arms of its smaller, weaker neighbours. The simple reality for the countries of Southeast and Northeast Asia is that we've become China's backyard, the way the Caribbean is for the United States. |
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2013-11-08, 04:27 | Link #250 |
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Rule #1 of politics : Everything comes at a price.
Rule #2 of politics : Being in someone's backyard doesn't mean you have to eat the shit he throws out. Neither is there a need to burn his house down so he stops throwing shit out. Manage, manage, manage relations. Rule #3 of politics : There is always opportunity in chaos. Having Japan rearm herself is a good thing; I can't speak my share, but I can only point to one thing called "regional military exercises". US and China fighting over influence in the SEA/Pacific region is a great way for better trade deals, usually coming out of the "superpowers" pockets. The issue, however, is whether the individual governments have the backbone to say no when the time comes when their people are in need? By the way, China had started trading iron ore futures - now here is one more way to make money.
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2014-01-14, 01:46 | Link #251 |
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Literally the only Japanese politician I've ever admired, Hosokawa Morihiro, is running for Governor of Tokyo.
I can hardly believe it - Hosokawa is 76 and he's been living off his pottery since he resigned in 1994 after being the first non-LDP Prime Minister in 40 years. It's the anti-nuke issue that brought him into the race and out of the artisan's life, but for me it's more about the fact that he's an internationalist, an artist and intellectual and not a corporatist toad. The nationalists like Ishihara and Abe loathe Hosokawa and are terrified of him - the smear campaign has already started. I'd normally be dismissive that the politically apathetic and conservative Japanese could ever elect him Governor (the second most important elected office in Japan) but he has the full backing of Koizumi, also based on the nuclear issue. Koizumi is still the most popular politician in Japan so Hosokawa might just have a chance. What a morning in Tokyo it would be, going from Ishihara and then his hand-picked successor (who resigned over a huge financial scandal) to Hosokawa. I'll believe it when I see it but at least there's a reason to give a damn now.
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76 and still full of beans for this kind of run... love that.
It would be nice indeed to have someone who stands more on the progressive side of the fence to sit in the big governor's office in Tokyo. I hope he has younger followers somewhere whom one can become Japan's Tony Blair someday. |
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Japan's Ambiguous Nuclear Policy
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2014-04-14, 21:34 | Link #256 | |
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Japan military softening image... with help from Girls und Panzer
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2014-04-16, 19:01 | Link #257 | |
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What Germany Can Teach Japan
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The author, a reporter for the German newspaper Die Welt, argues that Japan needs to take the initiative in improving relations with its neighbors. He points to a conversation with a Japanese official concerning a proposal by Korean President Park that their two countries work to develop a mutually-acceptable history curriculum for the schools. When asked why the Japanese government had made no response to Park's suggestion, he was told that Tokyo had “not received any proposal from the Korean government in relation to this issue.”
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2015-05-20, 23:20 | Link #258 | |
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Wow, this thread has been dead for a year now! Well, here's a piece by a former government official on how the government in general, and the Abe Government in particular, collude with the television networks and other media outlets to suppress criticism of the LDP: The Threat to Press Freedom in Japan
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2015-05-21, 07:56 | Link #259 |
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Sort of related, because Abe's cabinet approved of collective self-defense as a national security requirement, the FCCJ had a press conference where a South Korean conscientious objector sought asylum in France and spoke over (partly) concerns that the Japanese may be drafted.
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