Mr. Ozawa's Decision as the Head of Opposition in Japanese Politics
(De la décision de M. Ozawa à la tête de l'opposition à la politique japonaise)
Last weekend, in Japan, every media was galvanized on politics, mobilizing many politicians, critics, and personalities.
Japan, the most democratic democracy in Asia, is now entering the two-party system, though not in the form of capitalists vs. socialists but of very pro-US conservatives vs. not-so-very pro-US conservatives.
In Japan, both the communist party and the Social Democratic Party have more than 10 parliament (Diet, or Kokkai in Japanese) members, respectively.
But, the focus is now on the head of the second largest party, the Democratic Party of Japan (Minsyu-tou in Japanese), which has now a chance of realizing change of national administration by defeating the incumbent ruling party, the Liberal Democartic Party of Japan (Jiyu-minsyu-tou or Jimin-tou in Japanese), in the next general election for the Lower House of the Diet.
Specifically, although now the ruling parties command an overwhelming majority in the Lower House (Shugi-in in Japanese) which has superiority to the Upper House in certain key issues, the oppositions have a majority in the Upper House (Sangi-in in Japanese).
Therefore, except specified key issues such as nomination of the prime minister, neither the ruling parties nor the oppositions can get their drafted bills passed in both the Houses, which is absolutely needed for passage of bills such as the "Law to Extend the Service of Japan's Defense Force to Supply Free Fuels and Water to Naval Ships of the Allied Countries such as the U.S. and Pakistan in the Indian Ocean."
To address this difficult situation, Japan's Prime Minister Mr. Yasuo Fukuda offered grand coalition to the head of the largest opposition, the Democratic Party of Japan, Mr. Ichiro Ozawa last week.
Mr. Ozawa was, surprisingly to most of all concerned, willing to accept it, but almost all the other executives of the Democratic Party of Japan were against it, strongly rejecting the adventurous idea of Mr. Ozawa's on forming a coalition cabinet in the emergency conference held after the summit meeting last Friday.
And, yesterday, namely Sunday afternoon, Mr. Ozawa expressed his will to resign from the highest post of the party, though no one has long and colorful experiences in politics that can match Mr. Ozawa's in the Democratic Party of Japan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7077470.stm
Therefore, last weekend, in Japan, every media was galvanized on politics, mobilizing many politicians, critics, and personalities, which might have some influences globally on certain foreigners concerned with or involved in things and events in Japan.
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The unity of religion and state is a universal tradition of mankind.
In ancient Japan, the Yamato Dynasty heavily relied on authoritative power of emperors in Shinto.
As the Imperial House has survived all through the Japanese history even after the shift of political power from the Imperial Court to the samurai class and clans 1000 years ago, Japanese politicians have still today a kind of deep awe to gods of Shintoism, namely spirits of great ancestors.
Whoever or whatever party or parties get hegemony, unless they are identified at least to a certain minimum degree with the traditional type of politicians in awe of gods of Shinto, they cannot be fully trusted by a majority of Japanese people.
In other words, whoever or whatever party or parties get hegemony in Japan, they must not be able to sell their Japanese souls to foreign devils.
Put simply, no Japanese premier, whoever is elected to the position, can harm the world so much as foreign devils do, since he must be a Shintoist, consciously or unconsciously.
(To your disappointment, no Japanese announcers and TV personalities usually put on traditional Japanese clothes, called Kimono, in their appearances on air.
[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/premiere/index2.html]
One of the sure places where you can observe people in traditional Japanese clothes is a Shinto shrine.
But, unless you have a Japanese ancestor or a Shinto god to personally offer worship to in a shrine, foreigners may not be so welcomed in its main sanctuary, though it is not forbidden so long as it is not a mere sight-seeing at all.
The Head of the Japanese Government should be the one who can be admitted to the most sacred place in any shrine next to the Emperor, no matter what clothes he may put on.
In this context, a US President must be the one who can be the most welcomed in any churches of followers of Jesus Christ by a holy spirit, mustn't he or she?)
"...whoever gives a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward..."
(...wer irgendeinem meiner Junger auch nur einen Schluck kaltes Wasser gibt -- einfach well er mein Junger ist ---, ich versichere euch, der wird seinen Lohn erhalten!)