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KaiserSooner
9/26/2006, 08:35 AM
Japan has a new prime minister...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics
Mongo
9/26/2006, 09:01 AM
He is a bit dramatic isnt he?

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5493/ironchefse9.png (http://imageshack.us)
NormanPride
9/26/2006, 09:08 AM
http://home.cogeco.ca/~sagafan/takeshi_kaga.gif
BlondeSoonerGirl
9/26/2006, 09:37 AM
Koizumi was a trip. And he was very well-liked. Most are sad to see him go.

This new dude better get with it on the hair tip or he'll never make it.
OklahomaTuba
9/26/2006, 10:22 AM
That's great. Glad to see Japan elect another very pro-American PM. And, very easily as well.

I guess that kind of guts the whole argument that Bush's FP has hurt our allies.

Of course, it wasn't much of an argument to begin with. More of that LiberalFantasyLand™ wishful thinking I suppose.
KaiserSooner
9/26/2006, 12:59 PM
Koizumi was a trip. And he was very well-liked. Most are sad to see him go.

This new dude better get with it on the hair tip or he'll never make it.

Koizumi was fairly charismatic and loose as far as Japan pols go. I doubt this new dude matches it. That's not to say he won't be successful, but I tend to think the structural reforms carried through under Koizumi probably wouldn't have gone through without the sheer pull of his personality and popularity.