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...recent selection of a new prime minister in Japan epitomized the way Japanese politics work. With little or no public input, party officials selected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officer Yoshiro Mori to replace former prime minister Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke. In back-room negotiations based mostly on who would most obediently and loyally serve the LDP's interests, Mori emerged with the coveted title in hand. Unfortunately, his selection embodied the flawed modus operandi of the LDP and the Japanese political system in general...
...appointed him acting prime minister. But with no witnesses to this supposed action and Aoki's relative unpopularity with the LDP's ruling elite, quick action was taken to dissolve the existing Cabinet so that a new prime minister could be chosen. On the short list of possible candidates, Mori was the consensus candidate. He can be trusted not to rock the boat and to carry out few visionary reforms. Instead, he is predicted to plod along, maintaining the status quo as determined by a small group of LDP insiders...
...only were there problems with Mori's selection, but the troubling state of the Japanese media was revealed as well. Immediately following Obuchi's stroke, there was a 22-hour media blackout about the prime minister's location and status. The press first reported that he was "studying policy," blindly accepting the briefings offered to them by party officials...
...made few significant reforms during his time as prime minister, he had established relationships with other G-8 leaders and a strong interest in improving the currently moribund Japanese economy. In the upcoming months, Japan faces major events such as hosting the G-8 conference and popular elections. Whether Mori will be able to establish himself as a leader while managing this important conference is still to be seen...
...politician looks into the near future, sees himself writing his memoirs and responds with a frenzied attempt to connect. In the last days of the 1992 campaign, President Bush had that kind of revelation and jetted around the country, waving his arms and shouting himself hoarse. Gore's memento mori has come earlier in the cycle, so unlike Bush, he has time to come down from his adrenaline rush and make his case in a calmer fashion...