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...done little to help his dismal approval rating, which has plummeted from 39% to 24% in the past four months. Last week he rammed his new budget, overdue by two months, through a parliamentary committee. In a three-minute session marred by shoving and shouting, L.D.P. Budget Chairman Shigetani Sunada declared the measure passed and adjourned the committee. The national daily Asahi Shimbun called the incident a "rash act that shamelessly tramples down the popular will expressed by the local elections." Nakasone called the tactic "unavoidable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Yasu, the Chips Are Down | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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