The Japanese public has been watching recent political developments with a mixture of concern and bewilderment. In the past six months Keizo Obuchi, the prime minister who was appointed with the lowest level of public expectations in recent memory, has managed to push controversial legislation through the Diet (parliament) with greater ease than his more publicly-popular predecessors could have dreamed of....more
The Japanese public has been watching recent political developments with a mixture of concern and bewilderment. In the past six months Keizo Obuchi, the prime minister who was appointed with the lowest level of public expectations in recent memory, has managed to push controversial legislation through the Diet (parliament) with greater ease than his more publicly-popular predecessors could have dreamed of....
