Word: misshitsu
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...even if Mori is somehow bundled off stage, there is still a problem with the last act. Who would succeed him? The LDP sorely lacks a powerful shogun like the late Noburu Takeshita who not only served as Prime Minister but was a master at misshitsu seiji, the behind-the-screen politics of grooming new leaders and smoothing over intra-party squabbles...
Miki's tough talk was the latest act in a prolonged, almost Kabuki-style drama that pits him against most of the Daimyo (feudal lords) in his own party. For weeks the top L.D.P. leaders have actively been involved in intense rounds of misshitsu seiji-Japan's characteristic brand of "sealed-room politics." The bosses are convinced that Miki is weak and ineffectual and may lead the party to disastrous losses in the national elections that must be held before the end of the year. There are, however, some difficult complications that have enhanced Miki's staying...
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