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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Though the saga is likely to drag on, many observers are betting that the Prime Minister will ultimately buckle, compro- mising on the plan's recommendations until they are impotent. Real reform, they say, is about as likely as the successful completion of that Hail Mary pass. "The reformers are on their own 25-yard line and the anti-reformers control the rest of the field," says Peter Ennis, editor of the Oriental Economist. For Koizumi, failure may mean the end of his last, best hope of being remembered as a great reformer. "If the latest round goes down poorly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Stand | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

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