Seijigiri #34: Fukuda keeps the Faction Heads Happy and Koizumi’s “Great Mane of Richard Gere-ness” (with Adam Richards)
This edition of the podcast on Japanese politics, Seijigiri, is the relatively brief continuation of Garrett and Adam’s conversation begun in Seijigiri #33. In it, your hosts discuss some of the changes new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda made upon assuming the premiership, how this fits in to the bigger picture, and Adamu indulges his deep, deep love for former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi by explaining why the “great mane of Richard Gere-ness” was actually important and regaling one and all with his tales of some of Koizumi’s finer moments in PR.
As always, we hope you enjoy the show and thank you for listening.
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