(Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo...)No Signs but History Long or Short
Nowadays more people are talking about future and past prime ministers of Japan.
(Even top TV journalist Mr. Soichiro Tahara is reportedly travelling here and there to help hopeful candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party to seek the seat.)
So, I might say also that some past prime ministers were unique and others were not so unique.
Former Prime Minister Mr. Junichiro Koizumi (in PM office b/w 2001 and 2006) was a long divorced man without a wife for decades, while one of his sons is going to succeed him as a national lawmaker in the upcoming election.
Former Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe had no children though he had an active wife who even joined the Tokyo City marathon.
Former Prime Minister Mr. Yasuo Fukuda had suffered no scandals in his private life and political life while his son cannot run for the coming general election as Mr. Yasuo Fukuda himself is going to run since the LDP is facing an upwind.
Looking back to their days in Japanese premiership, there was a big change in moods of voters during the Abe Administration. As poor and criminal handling of pension funds in a large scale by government officials was exposed, an approval rate for the then Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe plummeted down, resulting in a victory of the DPJ in a national election for the Upper House of the National Diet in 2007.
Former Prime Minister Mr. Yasuo Fukuda tried to tie up with DPJ in vain. So, next Prime Minister, namely active-duty Mr. Taro Aso changed a policy to defeat the DPJ in the Lower House Election relying on his popularity. However, many problems discovered during the Abe Administration are yet to be solved. Those problems seem to be a decisive factor in the coming election. Accordingly, the LDP seems to be taking a wrong course in pursuing their strategy.
Finally, the strategy of Prime Minister Mr. Taro Aso looks wrong; probably he should study merits in underlying ideas of policies Mr. Junichiro Koizumi was committed to rather than aligning with Mr. Shinzo Abe's politics which however have been highly supported by Japanese loyalists.
(So, if you are a single woman, a woman without children, or a scandal-less woman, your victory in election is not necessarily promised nowadays in Japan...)
SECTION I: Modern History of the United States
America could not prevent the Great Depression in 1929.
America could not prevent the rise of Stalin in the U.S.S.R. in 1930's.
America could not prevent the rise of Hitler in Germany in 1930's.
America could not prevent the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941.
America could not prevent the rise of the Chinese Communist Party after WWII.
America could not prevent the Korean War in 1950.
America could not prevent the Vietnam War in 1960's.
America could not prevent the Israel-Arab wars and the Oil Crisis in early 1970's.
America could not prevent massacres in Cambodia in early 1970's.
America could not continue to send astronauts to the moon since the middle of 1970's.
America could not prevent the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980's, while American politicians have boasted that they enticed Soviet troops into a messy war with Mujaheddin.
America could not prevent the Sadam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
America could not prevent AlQaeda's attacks in 1990's and 2000's, including the 2001 September 11 attacks.
American could not prevent the Global Financial Crisis in 2008.
However, Americans successfully elected Mr. Barack Obama as first African American President in 2008.
Indeed, modern American history began with the Civil War (1861-1865) sacrificing 620,000 lives.
Truly, today no Americans think that America is not the No.1 country in the world, since all the people except few in the world think so.
SECTION II:
(To be continued...)
(C'est un bon moment, ma princesse, qui vous s'il vous plaît. It is so since a great singer died in the summer of 1985 around Tokyo with other 520 or so passengers and crews. Indeed, 24 years is just like 24 hours as we have not seen any other signs of the era. I mean "Think of other unhappy people before you die."
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UD3T-KRYM/902-jasrac/70909-sutekinatiming.htm )
Mar 8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Mar 8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.