Seijigiri #31: LDP Presidential Election and the Past and Future of Japanese Politics (with Tobias Harris)
In this long-overdue edition of Japan’s lone political podcast, Tobias Harris, author of Observing Japan and correspondent to the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Wall Street Journal, as well as former staffer to a DPJ Diet member, does us the honor of filling in for Ken Worsley.
Mr. Harris chats with Garrett DeOrio about the upcoming LDP presidential election and what could be accomplished and needs to be done by the soon-to-be Fukuda administration.
Your hosts also delve into some of the problems facing the Japanese body politic in general, especially the growing gap in interests and productivity between the urban and rural regions of Japan and what that means for both the LDP and DPJ.
As if that weren’t enough, Mr. Harris scrutinizes the lingering impact of Koizumi and how that has affected the LDP and will continue to affect it in the future.
So, yes, the race is Fukuda’s to lose, if you’re wondering.
(Editor’s note: Sorry about the quiet audio - it’s audible, but you’ll want to turn the volume up.)
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