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...Washington and Pyongyang. An opportunity could arise, however, if North Korea demands more aid as a condition for continuing with the negotiations. "For Japan to pay, something has to be paid [to them] for the abductees," he notes, "even if it is just a fig leaf." Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda broached the abductions issue with U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit in November, but Bush has made no promises regarding negotiations with the North. In the meantime, the general public continues to rally behind the abductees' families, who insist that Japan continue to hold the line. "I want...
...application); and the all-important art of the apology (Japanese engineers are quick to admit fault while Chinese staff can be less contrite). Over the past 21/2 years, Meitec has brought 156 Chinese to Japan; only one has returned home. "Our engineers are not cheap Chinese labor," says Kanji Fukuda, head of Meitec's Global Business Group, who notes that Chinese receive the same salaries as their Japanese counterparts. "They are workers who are just as skilled as our Japanese engineers and actually offer added value because of their Chinese backgrounds...
...Minister, spent his time in office focused on historic legacies like Japan's conduct in World War II, rather than addressing pressing challenges like how to boost employment and revamp the nation's health system - and lost his job. Yet after ousting Abe, the Liberal Democrats turned to Yasuo Fukuda, another political scion, who seems similarly bereft of new ideas...
...after the election: "I apologize to party general secretary [Aso] and all LDP lawmakers, party members and especially the Japanese public for causing a political vacuum." Aso's closeness to Abe, most analysts say, is what cost him his third bid for prime minister. The party instead looked to Fukuda, the long-serving speaker of Junichiro Koizumi's colorful cabinet and a skilled consensus builder, to rebuild and regain voters' confidence...
...campaign pegged the election as a battle between the old and the new LDP; the party decided that a return to the old faction-driven politics of compromise was what it needed. Whether the old ways can provide solutions to Japan's problems, though, remains to be seen; with Fukuda still unclear on how he intends to solve Japan's domestic economic issues, the LDP has until next spring's general elections to prove it can answer to the country's needs...