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...succumbed to a far-reaching pension scandal that forced them to resign their leadership posts. With only weeks to go before the election, the nation's largest opposition party seemed rudderless and lacking a message. Political pundits predicted a thumping defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's near-hegemonic Liberal Demo-cratic Party (LDP), which has had a nearly uninterrupted hold on power for almost 50 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diet's Rising Son | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...Okada-a former bureaucrat and five-term Diet member-stepped into his new role with unexpected brio. He quickly brought his party back on message and waged a confident campaign. Capitalizing on an unexpected drop in Koizumi's popularity, Okada stoked the fires of outrage over the Prime Minister's two biggest recent missteps: his perceived mishandling of a major pension-reform bill, and his unpopular decision to keep troops in Iraq beyond Japan's original commitment date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diet's Rising Son | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...meanwhile, won only 49-falling embarrassingly short even of its modest 51-seat goal. Although outright control of the government was never in question because the LDP retains a majority of the parliamentary seats that weren't up for election, the outcome has been a major blow to Koizumi, one that may cripple his ability to push through many of the financial-reform initiatives he has declared crucial to the remainder of his term (which is scheduled to end in the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diet's Rising Son | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...beaming Okada said, "I think the public is beginning to be comfortable with the idea of a two-party system." But in a wide-ranging conversation on topics such as North Korea, the U.S.-Japan security alliance, and relations with China-all peppered with plenty of criticisms of Koizumi-Okada also made it clear that his sights were set even higher. He spoke not just of becoming an effective foil to the LDP but of actually winning a parliamentary majority in the next major election, expected to take place in approximately two years. "We see this [past] election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diet's Rising Son | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...ASIA JAPAN: The maverick Koizumi faces drooping public support on the eve of a watershed election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Complete list of articles | 7/6/2004 | See Source »

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