http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/01/japan-reaping-the-whirlwind/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/01/japan-reaping-the-whirlwind/comment-page-1/#comment-41087 Jing Zhao Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:07:50 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5434#comment-41087 The Japanese people are tired of the LDP, as shown in the recent Shizuoka and Tokyo elections. The main objections to abandon the LDP are from the core ruling class (kanryo) and Washington. Jing Zhao US-Japan-China Comparative Policy Research Institute The Japanese people are tired of the LDP, as shown in the recent Shizuoka and Tokyo elections. The main objections to abandon the LDP are from the core ruling class (kanryo) and Washington.
Jing Zhao
US-Japan-China Comparative Policy Research Institute

]]> http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/01/japan-reaping-the-whirlwind/comment-page-1/#comment-39493 Roger March Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:56:14 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5434#comment-39493 Tobias, Thank you for your always interesting and insightful commentary on Japanese politics. As someone who was the editor of LDPs' English-language 'Liberal Star' in the late 1980s - Takeshita was PM and Recruit was the big scandal - I greatly enjoy your updates on the gradual implosion of the LDP. cheers... Roger March UNSW Tobias,
Thank you for your always interesting and insightful commentary on Japanese politics. As someone who was the editor of LDPs’ English-language ‘Liberal Star’ in the late 1980s – Takeshita was PM and Recruit was the big scandal – I greatly enjoy your updates on the gradual implosion of the LDP.
cheers…
Roger March
UNSW

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