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...curtail the power of the ministries. "Japan's political dynamism is such that if everyone starts saying the same thing, something will happen," says Takeshi Sasaki, a professor of politics at the University of Tokyo. "This election could create a national consensus for reform." Indeed, even Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, whose Liberal Democrats were in cahoots with the bureaucrats for decades, has promised to cut the 22 ministries in half if his party manages to once again win a solid mandate. Although the party is currently in the lead, polls predict that it will fall short of a majority, raising...
TOKYO: Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto officially dissolved Parliament Friday and set elections for October 20. Japan's political parties had long expected the move and have been preparing for the beginning of a new political campaign. The current Parliament's four-year term doesn't expire until July 1997, but Irene Kunii reports from TIME's Tokyo bureau that Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party felt now represented its best chance to pick up seats in the 500-seat lower house. The dominant LDP holds 206 seats in the lower house and shares power with two other parties including, curiously enough...
...from the U.S., France, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada included helping law enforcement authorities to work together by sharing explosive-detection technology across barriers. President Clinton is expected to present more specific proposals in his 40-point plan on Friday. In a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto earlier Thursday, Clinton and Hashimoto agreed to resolve trade disputes involving the opening of Japanese markets to U.S. semiconductor manufacturers and insurance providers by the end of July. Other items to be covered at the meeting include a push by the U.S. to remove U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali...
...have done a great deal to bring disrepute upon themselves. The Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan from the year it was founded, 1955, finally lost power in 1993 after one corruption scandal too many. Since then four successive, fragile coalitions have ruled. The current government, led by Ryutaro Hashimoto of the L.D.P., is committed to the status quo when it comes to economic reforms and other measures that are needed to revive Japan...
...girl by U.S. servicemen served to galvanize residents already fed up with the noise and inconvenience of U.S. bases. Many, including Ota, have called for a complete U.S. withdrawal. It's unlikely that the U.S. will pull out completely, notes Kunii, especially since Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto are scheduled to sign an agreement this week reaffirming the U.S. commitment to Japan's defense. "Staying in Japan is actually more affordable for the American military. The Pentagon does not have to fire the troops, and with the Japanese paying 70 percent of the defense costs, it's cheaper...