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The New York Times
Editorial One Good Thing About Japan's Election Published: September 13, 2005 Japanese voters rarely grant their political leaders personal triumphs as resounding as the one they handed to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday. In a country long used to colorless politicians and fragile parliamentary majorities, Mr. Koizumi waged a dramatic campaign focused on privatization of a national postal service that doubles as the world's largest bank and the ruling party's principal slush fund for patronage and pork. As a result, his Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition allies will hold a whopping two-thirds majority in the new parliament. Unfortunately, the privatization of the banking side of Japan Post is not scheduled until 2017, more than a decade after Mr. Koizumi's scheduled departure from office. And Japan's reform-minded Democratic Party, which might have helped keep the pressure on, emerges from this election with its hope of being a strong opposition party apparently crushed. Mr. Koizumi is a committed reformer, but he will have to wage war against major elements of his party, which remains Japan's principal bastion of status quo politics and resistance to competition. Postal privatization was virtually the only issue discussed during the 12-day election campaign. That gave a pass to Mr. Koizumi's unwise embrace of Japan's traditions of military nationalism. His visits to shrines where militarists were honored and his backing for more assertive military policies have understandably alarmed public opinion in Asia. Nationalist demagogues in places like China used them to whip up violent anti-Japanese sentiment. Japan needs postal service privatization, two-party democracy and a more constructive relationship with its neighbors and trading partners. Only the first was advanced by Sunday's election.
by alfayoko2005
| 2005-09-13 15:38
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