http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/20/japan-the-emerging-realism-of-the-dpj/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/20/japan-the-emerging-realism-of-the-dpj/comment-page-1/#comment-45074 Jing Zhao Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:21:32 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5782#comment-45074 The DPJ has shifted its core policies (such as the U.S.-Japan alliance) close to the LDP, so the Japanese voters will have less concerns to have a non-LDP (or LDP Jr.) government. The point is: there is no real change in government's change (the formaer Socialist Party elements have been cleared inside the DPJ, and the SDPJ is not considered a true political party). Sadly, no DPJ leaders mentioned one word of his party's policy toward the people of China, Korea, and other Asian countries. In fact, Japan had non-LDP PMs Hosogawa and Murayama after the cold-war ended in Asia (on June 4th 1989). New bottle, old wine. The DPJ has shifted its core policies (such as the U.S.-Japan alliance) close to the LDP, so the Japanese voters will have less concerns to have a non-LDP (or LDP Jr.) government. The point is: there is no real change in government’s change (the formaer Socialist Party elements have been cleared inside the DPJ, and the SDPJ is not considered a true political party). Sadly, no DPJ leaders mentioned one word of his party’s policy toward the people of China, Korea, and other Asian countries. In fact, Japan had non-LDP PMs Hosogawa and Murayama after the cold-war ended in Asia (on June 4th 1989).
New bottle, old wine.

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