Comments on: Fukuda announces resignation http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/ Japan... A whole lot more than raw fish Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:01:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: riki http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492187 riki Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:04:06 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492187 Hey Papi not a problem. :) Hey Papi not a problem. :)

]]> By: Papigiulio http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492186 Papigiulio Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:09:19 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492186 @riki: Could you please think about me winning ￥100000000 in the lottery next time :P Heard about this before I went to bed last night. Really surprised. The missus told me, he couldn't handle the stress of the work needed to be done in Japan. As some of you may know the economy is in a downward spiral. Hope a new PM will be able to bring it all back up. I agree with Sputnik btw, any site where foreigners can read all about the Japanese politics?? @riki: Could you please think about me winning ￥100000000 in the lottery next time :P

Heard about this before I went to bed last night. Really surprised. The missus told me, he couldn’t handle the stress of the work needed to be done in Japan. As some of you may know the economy is in a downward spiral.

Hope a new PM will be able to bring it all back up. I agree with Sputnik btw, any site where foreigners can read all about the Japanese politics??

]]> By: remora http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492184 remora Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:38:19 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492184 you have to stop and ask yourself.."Did he really want the job in the first place?" - and the reply comes back "Probably not!". What sane person would?..he most likely reluctantly stepped in to warm the seat after Abe wimped out. I can't see what the fuss is about - Japanese Prime Minister's are for main powerless figureheads. It's the backroom party bosses and corporate paymasters who wield the real power in Japan. (always out of the glazed public eye). rem. you have to stop and ask yourself..”Did he really want the job in the first place?” – and the reply comes back “Probably not!”.

What sane person would?..he most likely reluctantly stepped in to warm the seat after Abe wimped out.

I can’t see what the fuss is about – Japanese Prime Minister’s are for main powerless figureheads.

It’s the backroom party bosses and corporate paymasters who wield the real power in Japan. (always out of the glazed public eye).

rem.

]]> By: sputnik http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492182 sputnik Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:06:27 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492182 Is there any more background on this? As an outsider I don't hear much(aka anything) about Japanese politics in the mainstream or even independent media. Also, anywhere I can read up on some of political issues in Japan? Again, as a US citizen politics doesn't seem nearly as incendiary in Japan, although that could just be due to US elections coming up. Is there any more background on this? As an outsider I don’t hear much(aka anything) about Japanese politics in the mainstream or even independent media. Also, anywhere I can read up on some of political issues in Japan? Again, as a US citizen politics doesn’t seem nearly as incendiary in Japan, although that could just be due to US elections coming up.

]]> By: ppayne http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492181 ppayne Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:39:12 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492181 Bring on the Otaku PM! Bring on the Otaku PM!

]]> By: Edward Chmura http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492180 Edward Chmura Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:12:50 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492180 Taro Aso becoming PM probably will be a boon to Japan bloggers. Taro Aso becoming PM probably will be a boon to Japan bloggers.

]]> By: riki http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492179 riki Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:11:16 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492179 I was just thinking this morning, that we need another PM resignation to get the exchange rates back up. Reading this now freaks me out a bit. I was just thinking this morning, that we need another PM resignation to get the exchange rates back up. Reading this now freaks me out a bit.

]]> By: overoften http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/comment-page-1/#comment-492178 overoften Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:48:57 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2008/09/01/8904/#comment-492178 If the LDP really want us to believe that this is entirely down to the obstruction of the opposition, personally, I fail to see what difference a change of PM is going to make. Is new leadership really going to make any difference to the DPJ's tactics? Give the public a general election instead. Win that and you have a clear (and stronger) mandate. Various LDP rentaquotes on the TV are saying that dissolving the lower house would cause that much-dreaded 'confusion'. None of them seemed that concerned about the power vacuum doing exactly that though. If the LDP really want us to believe that this is entirely down to the obstruction of the opposition, personally, I fail to see what difference a change of PM is going to make. Is new leadership really going to make any difference to the DPJ’s tactics? Give the public a general election instead. Win that and you have a clear (and stronger) mandate.

Various LDP rentaquotes on the TV are saying that dissolving the lower house would cause that much-dreaded ‘confusion’. None of them seemed that concerned about the power vacuum doing exactly that though.

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