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...been slow, and the government's attention has been diverted from important economic matters by the Lockheed bribery scandal (marked last week by the arrest of four businessmen). But now a surge in exports, including sales to the U.S., is brightening the picture. Last weekend, Prime Minister Takeo Miki was able to report to President Ford and five other world leaders at their economic summit in Puerto Rico encouraging evidence that the Japanese economy is finally, if spottily, perking...
...part of our Bicentennial observances, TIME asked the Readers of nations around the world to speak to the American people through TIME'S pages on how they see the U.S. and what they hope-and expect-from it in the years ahead. This message from Prime Minister Takeo Miki of Japan is the second in the series...
...Miki has been trying to enhance his image as the Mr. Clean of Japanese politics. Since taking over the government in 1974, he has been free of the taint of wheeling and dealing that has made the Japanese public increasingly cynical about its leaders in general. He played on this theme last week at his press conference by accusing the party bosses of dictatorially trying to control events through an agreement among themselves. That may prove to be a persuasive point with the public. A recent poll conducted by the Kyodo News Service indicated that only 12% of the Japanese...
...Despite Miki's image as an honest political maverick, most Japanese cynically believe the question of his tenure as Premier will eventually be decided in the usual L.D.P. manner-by a backroom bargain. In large measure, this is because the party is a diverse umbrella organization including everything from right-wing nationalists to non-Marxist leftists; among its 274 members in the Diet are businessmen dabbling in politics, full-time politicians, a sprinkling of former civil servants and even entertainers. The L.D.P. has roughly half a dozen major factions, and like feudal fiefdoms of old, they are constantly forming...
Thus, however much Miki tries to take his case to the public, he still has the faction leaders to contend with. After all, he benefited from sealed-room politics in 1974, when the L.D.P. bosses, rocked by scandal, and factionalism, turned to him as a compromise candidate to succeed the disgraced Tanaka. Now, too, compromise could be the key concept. One possible outcome of the entire affair: party leaders would agree to let Miki stay in office until the Lockheed investigation is concluded-but only if he agrees to step down as Premier before the general elections...