Friday, October 05, 2007

Kim Jong Il; Crazy, Crazy as a Fox, or Both?

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I wondered here what was up with Dear Leader. At first glance, North Korean National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il was still on t...

From Asahi, Peace Depot Update on JMSDF OEF-MIO? OIF? Refueling Activities

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Today's Asahi brings us the news that Peace Depot, in the second installment of their investigations, which I previously chronicled h...

I Called It the Meta-habatsu Game, Grandmaster Koizumi Says It's Factions Writ Large

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Here , I characterized the bi-party jockeying for supremacy between the two, broadly similar, main contestants, with smaller groups flitting...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Will the DPJ Push Mr. Ozawa's Legal Argument and Normal Country Inclinations to Their Ultimate Conclusion?

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There is no difference of opinion between the LDP and the DPJ over the basic legal prerequisites for Japanese involvement in military operat...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Full Text of Joint Document of the Second Session of the Sixth Round Six-Party Talks

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Here .

Oh No, Not Another South Korean Media Scoop Sourced from Japan Citing U.S. Sources! But Could the Kim Jong Il Dementia Allegations Have Legs?

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I believe South Korean media scoops sourced from Japan citing U.S. sources about as much as, say, Japanese wires citing South Korean media e...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

I Need a Life, But in the Meantime, Interesting Facts and Figures on the Refueling Issue

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Shisaku points to some interesting numbers on the refueling issue. (So that's where the October 1 Yomiuri got those non-attributed nu...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Talk about an Axis of Evil…

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with one to spare… America heart Taiwan heart Nicaragua heart Iran.

A Twofer Post: The Two Policy Research Council Chairmen Go Head to Head; Chief Cabinet Secretary Grilled on Diesel Fuel for USS Kitty Hawk

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On Sunday Project - surely the TV program most often cited (if often not credited) by the national print media - it's Sadakazu Tanigaki...

Kenji Nagai Is One of Many Murdered in Rangoon and It's Been Raining in Tokyo

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The U.S. press statement on September 24 calls on the Burmese government to exercise restraint and engage in dialogue with its people for t...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Why Hereditary Diet Members Prevail

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Looking at Japanese-language blogs, you would think that hereditary Diet members are on a par with the Devil's spawn. Of course if the ...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Asahi Polls Give the Fukuda Administration Good Numbers Too

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The Asahi poll gives 53% to the Fukuda administration. That's only a 4.5% spread under Yomiuri 's 57.5%. Mainichi has 57%, so the...
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TIME Did It Again, This Time on the LDP Election

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"Abe's failure to address [many important issues, including the handling of over 50 million lost pension records, rural economic st...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

It's a Yomiuri Poll So Asahi Readers Get up to a 10 Percentage-Point Discount

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In a show of how quickly the tide can turn (and turn again), the latest Yomiuri poll gives the Fukuda Cabinet 57.5% support against 27.3% o...

The Prime Minister Sets Out to Charm the Press. Hey, It worked for President Bush…

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"It's also fun to meet young people like this, right? For now..." - Yasuo Fukuda, Asahi , 26 September 2007 The Prime Minister...
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Random Firings of the Synapses on the New Fukuda Cabinet, Factions, Reformist Prime Ministers and Stuff

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Got a long email from Mentor , gave a shorter response. Lightly edited and excised of personal stuff, here it is: - Yasuo Fukuda takes over ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

070925What the State Department Thinks of North Korea as a Sponsor of Terrorism

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Ever wondered what the bureaucrat-vetted version of U.S. policy concerning North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism looked like? I though...

And the Winner Is… Makoto Koga? and Other Post-LDP Election Trivia

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"…When I requested a meeting with Ichiro Ozawa, head of the DPJ, I had decided to resign, in view of my health. On that basis, I had in...
Monday, September 24, 2007

If You Want to Know Who's Afraid of Japan, Take a Look at the Three Nations Survey

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Yomiuri has released the results of this year's joint three-nation opinion poll (Japan: Yomiuri ; China: 瞭望東方週刊 Liaowang Dongfeng Zhouk...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Mr. Fukuda Is the Next Prime Minister

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Just before the vote, the newscaster divulges the outcome of the Prefectural chapter votes; Yasuo Fukuda has a comfortable though not overwh...