Seijigiri #64: Hatoyama’s Poll Numbers, Miyuki Hatoyama, Ozawa, Futenma and Small Parties
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As April comes to a close, it’s time for another edition of Seijigiri. This week, co-hosts Garrett DeOrio and Ken Worsley start by talking about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s approval ratings, which had dropped to about 24% at the time of recording (and have since fallen to 20% in one poll). The disappearance of his wife Miyuki from the public eye is discussed and the role of Ichiro Ozawa once again rears its head.
Talk then swings back to Futenma, as Hatoyama has staked his job on finding a solution to the base issue by his self-appointed deadline at the end of May. Finally, our co-hosts discuss yet another vanity party emerging from the ashes of the LDP, as former Health, Welfare and Labor Minister Yoichi Masuzoe has founded the Shinto Kaikaku. Will he be looking to join forces with other newly established parties such as Yoshimi Watanabe’s Your Party (Minna no To) and the Sunrise Party of Japan (Tachiagare Nippon) headed by Takeo Hiranuma and Kaoru Yosano?
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- Seijigiri #63: LDP Manifesto Leaked, Washington Post on Japan, Futenma, Trouble for the DPJ and Family Names
- Seijigiri #65: Futenma coming to a head, Clinton to visit and Ryoko Tani
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