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...Japan's missions in support of U.S. operations abroad, however, are about to become a political football in Japan, with potentially damaging consequences for alliance. Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), announced on Aug. 7 that he might try to end the Japanese military's participation in Iraq, and possibly in Afghanistan as well - the law that authorizes the Indian Ocean mission is up for renewal this fall. Nor was this just idle talk: Thanks to the DPJ landslide victory in elections for the Japanese Diet on July 29 that gave it control...
Hours after leading his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to a historic election victory, Ichiro Ozawa was nowhere to be seen. As the results rolled in the evening of July 29, tallying up the rising number of DPJ winners in Upper House races, Ozawa didn't appear at party headquarters, didn't speak to reporters, didn't even poke his head out to wave to his supporters. The official explanation was that the 65-year-old Ozawa - a former smoker who suffers from heart problems - was recovering from exhaustion after weeks of nonstop campaigning. It wasn't until nearly...
...quieting dissension within the LDP, the victorious DPJ will face its own difficult choices. With control of the Upper House, the party will be able to block legislation, although the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority in the Lower House will allow it to override most opposition. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa could choose to throw the government into gridlock, hoping to force Abe to call snap elections. But playing parliamentary chicken is risky: such a move could prompt the public to see the DPJ as obstructionist and incapable of governing, a charge which has stuck to them in the past...
...Besides, the DPJ fails to beat the LDP at the polls with depressing regularity. "[DPJ leader Ichiro] Ozawa has been singularly good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Richard Katz, editor of the Oriental Economist newsletter. Though the DPJ has gained a slight edge on the LDP since the pension scandal broke, its own approval ratings rarely break 25%, and most Japanese say they're simply fed up with both parties. Even if the DPJ does manage to seize the Upper House-Ozawa has promised to resign if his party falters-they'll be faced with...
...star camp. He was a revelation, "the best player in the camp that year by far," says former NBA all star Detlef Schrempf, who now works for Adidas (which took over Reebok in 2005). These all star camps are "very important parts of our marketing and outreach programs," says Ichiro Shigeta, Asia Pacific Sports Marketing Manager for Adidas, and it's easy to see why. For the companies they serve as a global early warning system: look out, this kid is good, someday soon we may want to sign him. Yi was named the MVP of the Adidas camp...