http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/25/japan-fukuda-slated-to-be-next-pm/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 28 May 2012 15:55:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/25/japan-fukuda-slated-to-be-next-pm/comment-page-1/#comment-1196770 Mike Plugh Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:39:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/25/japan-fukuda-slated-to-be-next-pm/#comment-1196770 I tend to agree with Hosaka-san's assessment of the reality in Japanese government. A transformative era in Japanese politics will have to come from an awakened and energized public determined to replace the politics of succession with a politics of the people. The current state of affairs is similar to the United States electing Bush I and Bush II, or Mr. Clinton and Mrs. Clinton. If you read behind the lines in either country's political lineage, you will see the same names and faces for generation upon generation. There is truly nothing new under the sun. I tend to agree with Hosaka-san’s assessment of the reality in Japanese government. A transformative era in Japanese politics will have to come from an awakened and energized public determined to replace the politics of succession with a politics of the people. The current state of affairs is similar to the United States electing Bush I and Bush II, or Mr. Clinton and Mrs. Clinton. If you read behind the lines in either country’s political lineage, you will see the same names and faces for generation upon generation. There is truly nothing new under the sun.

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