Comments on: The Democratic Party of Japan’s new TV ad http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:38:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ken Worsley http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8284 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:11:20 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8284 Thanks Curzon - I've been looking around for term limits and haven't found anything in E/J, so I was kind of assuming that party rules were the only limits, but didn't want to be wrong on that. Ok, time to get all the different party limits (why do I have the suspicion that they're not all that different?) Thanks Curzon - I’ve been looking around for term limits and haven’t found anything in E/J, so I was kind of assuming that party rules were the only limits, but didn’t want to be wrong on that.

Ok, time to get all the different party limits (why do I have the suspicion that they’re not all that different?)

]]> by: Curzon http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8283 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:39:31 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8283 <blockquote>When is Abe forced to call an election? What is the maximum term a Prime Minister can have in Japan?</blockquote> By law, elections must be held at least every four years for the lower house of the Diet*, which means the next election must be held by September 2009 at the latest. There are no legal term limits for PMs; internal party rules are the only limits on how long a cabinet (i.e. PM) can serve. *=every three years for the Upper House, with each member serving six years and the elections staggered).

When is Abe forced to call an election? What is the maximum term a Prime Minister can have in Japan?

By law, elections must be held at least every four years for the lower house of the Diet*, which means the next election must be held by September 2009 at the latest. There are no legal term limits for PMs; internal party rules are the only limits on how long a cabinet (i.e. PM) can serve.

*=every three years for the Upper House, with each member serving six years and the elections staggered).

]]> by: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Amazingly weird DPJ commercial gets party leaders in trouble at annual convention http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8209 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-8209 [...] You can watch the aforementioned waste right here (courtesy transpacificradio) You can tell it makes no sense even if you don&#8217;t understand Japanese: [...] […] You can watch the aforementioned waste right here (courtesy transpacificradio) You can tell it makes no sense even if you don’t understand Japanese: […]

]]> by: Alex http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7699 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:11:29 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7699 True, Aso has a shot. It could never happen though simply because the implication for peace in asia would be destroyed and the members of the Diet know it. But you gotta admit, it would certainly turn things on its ear. True, Aso has a shot. It could never happen though simply because the implication for peace in asia would be destroyed and the members of the Diet know it.

But you gotta admit, it would certainly turn things on its ear.

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7656 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7656 Ooh. That's tough. There are so many bad choices that are in leadership positions. I'd list an Aso premiership as higher on my worry list mainly because it's a lot more likely than seeing Ishihara in a national position. Ooh. That’s tough. There are so many bad choices that are in leadership positions.
I’d list an Aso premiership as higher on my worry list mainly because it’s a lot more likely than seeing Ishihara in a national position.

]]> by: Alex http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7642 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:17:31 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7642 How about a Ishihara premiership ? How about a Ishihara premiership ?

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7615 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:11:17 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7615 Done and done. Good idea, Ken. Aso is certainly interesting, but I can think of few political occurrences in Japan that would scare me more than an Aso premiership. Done and done. Good idea, Ken.

Aso is certainly interesting, but I can think of few political occurrences in Japan that would scare me more than an Aso premiership.

]]> by: Ken Worsley http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7581 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:24:46 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7581 Garrett, you just reminded me that I should try to rip those flash movies off Hatoyama's site while they're still there... Garrett, you just reminded me that I should try to rip those flash movies off Hatoyama’s site while they’re still there…

]]> by: Alex http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7512 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:28:13 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7512 I think Aso is becoming more and more popular with the general public but not with within the party. Though he still has no where near the support he would need for a leadership opportunity. His own party doesn't know how to deal with him. But one can't deny he certainly is one of the most interesting people in Japanese politics today. I think Aso is becoming more and more popular with the general public but not with within the party. Though he still has no where near the support he would need for a leadership opportunity. His own party doesn’t know how to deal with him. But one can’t deny he certainly is one of the most interesting people in Japanese politics today.

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7455 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/01/12/dpj-tv-ad/#comment-7455 So are you a Hatoyama fan? Slashing the veins and arteries of corruption from the back of a pegasus preceded by going after Koizumi with a sword is pretty hard to top from a sheer audacity standpoint. With his requiring Foreign Ministry staff to study manga, is Aso moving up in the rankings? So are you a Hatoyama fan? Slashing the veins and arteries of corruption from the back of a pegasus preceded by going after Koizumi with a sword is pretty hard to top from a sheer audacity standpoint.
With his requiring Foreign Ministry staff to study manga, is Aso moving up in the rankings?

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