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• photo 60

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Much to Bryans dismay, this is bound to happen when youre a little boy who adores your 2 older sisters. My parents brought over some hand-me-downs from their sweet neighbors who have 2 daughters a little older than our girls. In the bag, was a "real pair of high heels" that fit Libby...her Christmas wish was granted a ...
  2 days ago

• 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 ...
  3 days ago

• photo 59

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Merry Christmas
  3 days ago

• DPJ – Preparing to retreat?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• A year of political transformation in Japan

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• LDP tries to win back voters by turning politicians into tour guides

  
  Japan Probe — Authority: 649
  An NTV news report about LDP politician Shinjiro Koizumi (”Koizumi Junior”) trying to improve the image of his party by giving a tour of the naval base in his home district: Some 50 participants, selected from about 5,200 applicants, went to the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Yokosuka base where they were ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Change and Japan’s Post-Copenhagen Challenge

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  Author: Llewelyn Hughes, George Washington University Newly elected Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama made headlines at the UN General Assembly in September 2009, pledging his country to a 25 per cent cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. In doing so, he placed Japan’s negotiating ...
  1 week ago

• photos 54, 55, 56, & 57

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Okay, so Im cheating, a little. You and I both know it, so Ill just be upfront and admit it. Weve had a crazy week. Crazy doesnt really do our week justice, but I dont think I have the words to elaborate at the moment. The crazy isnt over and most of you already know whats going on (the rest of you will as soon I as ...
  2 weeks ago

• photo 53

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  A few days ago I was fiddlin with my camera trying to position it to take a self-timer picture of all 5 of us. Levi saw me and naturally thought I wanted him to sit and say, "Cheese!" When I reviewed the pictures I almost deleted it and then I noticed he looked so old. Hell be two in 3 months. My Little Man is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Japan: Aftermath of the DPJ’s fiscal squeeze

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  Author: Aurelia George-Mulgan The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is putting on a show in its efforts to curb waste in Japan’s bureaucracy. No ministry was spared the scrutiny of the Government Revitalisation Unit (GRU) working groups which has publically reviewed government support of a large number of projects. ...
  3 weeks ago

• The DPJ’s fiscal squeeze: wash-up from the GRU review

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  Author: Aurelia George-Mulgan As can be seen from Table 1 below, no ministry was spared the scrutiny of the Government Revitalisation Unit (GRU) working groups. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) had the most projects screened (40), followed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) ...
  3 weeks ago

• To: Nana

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  We love you and are praying for you, Nana!
  3 weeks ago

• Well, Im nothing if not consistent about skipping a day every once in a while. (aka photo 51)

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Im lookin for the positives here, People!I took this picture knowing I would post it yesterday. I even uploaded to my computer. But, I fell asleep on the couch snuggling with my best snuggler (REP, if youre not sure...shes always warm, still has enough baby-fat left to be squishy, and is amazingly still when she wants ...
  3 weeks ago

• photo 50

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  You can see Addisons wearing her nightgown. Actually, theyre all still in their pajamas. As soon as I saw it was snowing I ran upstairs and yelled, "Wake up! Its snowing! Get your shoes and jackets on! I have no idea how long it will last!" A few minutes later, the kids were delightfully cold. Im glad Im a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Let me cut my nose off to spite my face

  
  Japan without the sugar — Authority: 124
  I saw this briefly mentioned on NHK news earlier today, and now its at Reuters:The leader of Japans tiny Social Democratic Party [Mizuho Fukushima] threatened on Thursday to leave the ruling coalition if her views on a U.S. military base were ignored...Surely this is just a bluff; just a negotiating ploy, for the SDP ...
  3 weeks ago

• Reporting in From Japan

  
  NDN blogs — Authority: 433
  Had a productive first full day in Tokyo yesterday.   Met with two leading members of the Japanese Diet, one from each of the two main parties (DPJ and LDP), and covered a great many issues.   The photo above is of me and Shoichi Katayama of the Tokyo Foundation, who along with Dr. Fumiaki Kubo, has put my trip ...
  3 weeks ago

• photo 48

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Big, Medium, Small
  3 weeks ago

• photo 47

  
  5 Texans — Authority: 121
  Ornaments on the stairs?! Who would throw ornaments down the stairs? The culpritHes having fun with the Christmas decorations this year. It didnt take him 30 seconds to shatter a round, red ornament..."Ball!"
  4 weeks ago

• Japan: the DPJ wins as the GRU weakens the LDP machine

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  Author: Joel Rathus, Adelaide University and Meiji University As Michael Cucek wrote last week, Japan has witnessed the subdued brutality of the Democratic Party of Japan’s (DPJ) Government Revitalisation Unit (GRU) taking back 1.4 trillion Yen from various extremely unhappy NGOs and bureaucrats. This process of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Open government in Japan

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 525
  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

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