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• Why the DPJ should defend Hatoyama

  
  Observing Japan — Authority: 106
  As Japan heads into the final week of the political annus mirabilis that has been 2010, Hatoyama Yukio, the face of political change as the first leader of a party other than the LDP to win a majority in more than a half century, finds himself under siege. The immediate cause — beyond falling public approval ...
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• DPJ – Preparing to retreat?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Author: Tobias Harris As the Hatoyama government approaches the end of its first 100 days in office, the air is thick with condemnation of the DPJ-led government’s handling of the relationship with the United States, particularly the ongoing dispute over the future of Futenma air station and the US presence in ...
  6 days ago

• Weekly editorial – Post-COP15 diagnosis and Year in Review

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Author: Peter Drysdale The big news this week was the chaos over the negotiations on climate change in Copenhagen. Will Steffen was there and files  this realistic assessment on whether the deal that was eventually done will generate sufficient momentum to continue to build through 2010 towards a much more ...
  6 days ago

• Can the Japanese government improve science and technology by spending more money?

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  A recent editorial at the Daily Yomiuri begins this way: Without progress in the fields of science and technology, new industries will stagnate, which may put this nation on the road to decline. How then should the government bolster science and technology--a key source of national strength. An editorial that ...
  6 days ago

• Winter of discontent?

  
  Observing Japan — Authority: 106
  December has brought little but bad news for the Hatoyama government, which has now been in office for just over three months. The economy continues to struggle (and deflationary pressure continues to grow), US officials are displeased over the governments decision to delay on Futenma, and polls show the public ...
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• A year of political transformation in Japan

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Author: Yoichi Funabashi The rise to power of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) after half a century of almost uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could bring profound changes to Japan. One change will surely be generational: the new leaders, including Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, will be ...
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• Should doctors in Japan be required to renew their licenses?

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  A doctor of neurology has an interesting editorial in todays Asahi, he argues : Fears of a breakdown of the nations health-care system are rising, with critics questioning the overall quality of medical services. As someone in clinical practice with long experience working in both Japan and the United ...
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• Ozawa, field marshall in the Peoples Liberation Army?

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
    From the Daily Yomiuri : Meanwhile, referring to the next upper house election, Ozawa said, "We have achieved a change of government, but the battle of liberation hasnt ended yet." "In summer, well have a final battle [the upper house election]. Ill leave the government administration to ...
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• JT editorial on school violence says we can Change

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  The Japan Times editorial on the recent reports about school violence begins this way: Violent behavior in Japanese schools increased to an all-time high in 2008, according to a recent report from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Students, teachers and other people were ...
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• Precedent ignored for the sake of Chinese-Japanese relations

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
    The  Yomiuri editors are upset that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping requested to see the emperor with only 20 days of advance notice. The rules state he should have given at least 30, but apparently Prime Minister Hatoyama pushed through the request himself. The Yomiuri says: It is quite understandable ...
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• Does Hatoyama represent Change in Japan?

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  Theres an interesting entry at Observing Japan regarding the current brouhaha over the Futenma issue. The author states in the article: I am hesitant to declare this situation a crisis for the alliance because the Hatoyama government may already be moving in the direction of accommodation: Hatoyama has  said ...
  2 weeks ago

• Yet another does-Japan-still-matter story

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  A recent article in Washington Post is actually entitled, does Japan Still Matter? The author notes: At a seminar here this week organized by the German Marshall Fund and the Tokyo Foundation, and in separate interviews, one Japanese after another delivered variations on gloom, doom and pessimism. Polls ...
  2 weeks ago

• American Troops in Japan, are they still necessary?

  
  AnarchyJapan.com — Authority: 120
  According to Navy Times : Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama suggested Thursday that he would give up the idea of meeting one on one with U.S. President Barack Obama in Copenhagen next week to discuss the relocation issue of a Marine Corps airfield in Okinawa, after Washington shunned the Japanese leader’s overtures. ...
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• Decapitating the bureaucracy in Japan

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Author: Aurelia George-Mulgan The DPJ is doing what former Prime Minister Koizumi could only dream about. It is changing Japan’s policy-making system. The aim is to rid the system of potential blockages to substantial changes in policy direction. Step 1: Unify the government and the ruling party by abolishing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Anti-NJ suffrage protests in Shibuya Nov 28 2009. The invective in flyers and banners: “Japan is in danger!”

  
  debito.org — Authority: 130
  One of the more interesting proposals from the new DPJ-run Administration is suffrage for Special Permanent Residents. The Cabinet is ready to send a bill to the Diet so that Permanent Residents (in American terms, essentially "Green Card holders") obtain the right to vote in local elections.Regardless of whether you ...
  3 weeks ago

• Open government in Japan

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Author: Tobias Harris Amidst all the changes introduced by the Hatoyama government since it took office in September, it is easy to forget what may be the most revolutionary change of all: transparent government. The most visible example thus far is the Government Revitalization Unit’s (GRU) comprehensive ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hatoyama and the US alliance

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 524
  Guest Author: Leszek Buszynski, International University Japan Yukio Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was elected to office by a landslide in the 30 August elections. Japanese voters rejected the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) which had fielded ineffective leaders since Junichiro Koizumi resigned in 2006, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Open government

  
  Observing Japan — Authority: 106
  Amidst all the changes introduced by the Hatoyama government since it took office in September, it is easy to forget what may be the most revolutionary change of all: transparent government. The most visible example thus far is the Government Revitalization Units comprehensive review of government spending programs, ...
  4 weeks ago

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