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...movie is political. It's political in what it doesn't say, what it chooses to ignore. Every movie we've all made has a message. Maybe we don't choose to think about it that way, but every time I go on a press junket to Europe or Japan or China even, people ask questions that presume you have a feeling as a citizen about the events in your country and beyond...
...recent months, a wave of political agitation has swept much of Asia, crashing through Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and even normally placid Japan, where popular anger buried the Liberal Democratic Party in upper house elections. In all these countries, the public has demanded more keys to power - free votes, and transparent and responsive politicians. Instead, they are getting keys to time machines. Despite these calls for change, Asia's political classes are responding by regurgitating the same tired faces...
...become democracies, parties controlled by dynasties often abandon ideology, because they become entrenched around families who concentrate only on perpetuating themselves, shutting out outside thinkers who can germinate ideas and passion. Shinzo Abe, grandson of a former Prime 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...
...planning to open a 100-acre (405,000-square-meter) gaming complex that will employ 40,000 Filipinos in Manila Bay. In an attempt to lure Chinese gamblers over the border, Kazakhstan is creating the "Las Vegas of the steppe" in Kapchagai and Shchuchinsk. Governments in Taiwan, Thailand and Japan are considering legalizing casinos. According to Merrill Lynch, gaming companies are expected to spend $71 billion in Asia over the next four years alone...
...friend of a friend of mine is a member of al-Qaeda involved in a bombing in Bali.' KUNIO HATOYAMA, Japanese Justice Minister, who said the alleged terrorist had repeatedly entered Japan using "different passports and mustaches" in remarks defending a controversial proposal to fingerprint foreign visitors. He later clarified his statement, saying he did not know the man personally...