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...Takenori Kanzaki, the New Komeito leader, says his party's support for the LDP won't change?for now. But the alliance is an uneasy one. The New Komeito has always wrapped itself in righteousness (its name means "clean government"). Its core principles include support for urban nonunion employees of small and medium-size companies, pacifism, and social welfare even at the cost of economic growth?planks that have never been the LDP's priorities. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi insists that though the LDP and the New Komeito "might have different views over certain issues, we'll coordinate over policies...
...them, are morally compelling claims worthy of full-dress legal battle. Although the Japanese have a highly developed sense of individual rights, social harmony, not personal justice, is the basis of their law. Litigation, never common, has actually decreased during the past 15 years. As the distinguished jurist Takenori Kawashima wrote in 1967, "We think of the law as a hereditary family sword . . . an ornament rather than a means for enforcing the power of the government to control the daily life of our society...
...moneymaking to politics, from sports to erotica. Says Iwase: "Our readers are sarariman (salary men) whose favorite topics of conversation are office affairs and professional baseball. We knew there was a tremendous market there." Last year K.K. presented the market with How to Enjoy Baseball Ten Times More by Takenori Emoto, a former professional baseball player ("You feel tempted to make fun of the 50,000 spectators"). The book was ghosted like many of K.K.'s assembly-line products. "Sometimes we think of the title first and then make the book to fit it," Iwase explains. "Take...
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