Word: ichiro
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...rearranged the whole stage. They consolidated Japan's two big feuding conservative parties, the Liberals and the Democrats, into one gigantic party, the Liberal-Democrats, which will control 300 of 467 seats in the Diet's Lower House. The merger marks the beginning of the end for Ichiro Hatoyama, who as a candidate was a great vote getter, but in office has been a weak, indecisive and garrulous Prime Minister. Hatoyama will stay in office until next April, but with a new Cabinet to be divided almost equally between Democrats and Liberals...
...responsible for the big shift is the smoothest kuromaku of them all, Nobusuke Kishi. A candid, confident pro, Kishi masterminded the formation of the Democratic Party and its ouster of Premier Shigeru Yoshida's Liberals from power last year. He is the man who put elderly (72), crippled Ichiro Hatoyama into power and is now preparing to nudge...
...split into left and right wings by the peace treaty with the Western allies, patched things up last week. Amid bouquets of chrysanthemums, carnations and ferns, the two factions joined to become Japan's second largest political party, with 155 seats in the Diet v. 185 for Premier Ichiro Hatoyama's conservative Democrats...
...Japanese public responded. Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama set the example by returning his treasured marimo. Transportation Minister Takeo Miki visited Lake Akan in person and gave two marimos their freedom. A hotel owner in Tokyo apprehended a marimo snatcher with 150 captives. Out of hidden aquariums came hundreds more...
...which included $1,000 for each of the 91,180 Filipinos who died at the hands of the Japanese. Since then, some of the legacy of hatred has diminished, and so have Philippine demands. Four months ago, Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay got down to cases by asking Japanese Premier Ichiro Hatoyama to demonstrate "that Japan is really sincere in making amends by doing it in a tangible way to the best of its ability." The amount of money involved, Magsaysay indicated, could then be adjusted...