Comments on: Japan’s next prime minister? http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/ Japan from the inside out Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: equinoXio » » Suben acciones de compañías de manga y anime por renuncia de primer ministro nipón http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-9322 equinoXio » » Suben acciones de compañías de manga y anime por renuncia de primer ministro nipón Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:16:12 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-9322 [...] cultural (y a sus fanáticos). Quizás al bello Japón de Abe lo sustituya el Increíble Japón de Asō, pero para que eso suceda deberá enfrentarse a fuertes contendientes en el PLD y a [...] [...] cultural (y a sus fanáticos). Quizás al bello Japón de Abe lo sustituya el Increíble Japón de Asō, pero para que eso suceda deberá enfrentarse a fuertes contendientes en el PLD y a [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Japan: New Prime Minister? http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4424 Global Voices Online » Japan: New Prime Minister? Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:40 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4424 [...] bets that the present Foreign Minister Taro Aso will likely be the next new prime minister based on the blogger’s reading of his book: Totetsumonai Nihon (meaning Japan the [...] [...] bets that the present Foreign Minister Taro Aso will likely be the next new prime minister based on the blogger’s reading of his book: Totetsumonai Nihon (meaning Japan the [...]

]]> By: Japan News for June 13, 2007 » Japan Probe http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4412 Japan News for June 13, 2007 » Japan Probe Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:44:18 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4412 [...] Who will be Japan’s next Prime Minister? Japan blogger Ampontan is putting his money on Foreign Minister Taro Aso. [Link] [...] [...] Who will be Japan’s next Prime Minister? Japan blogger Ampontan is putting his money on Foreign Minister Taro Aso. [Link] [...]

]]> By: ampontan http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4410 ampontan Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:51:49 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4410 LIU: Aso was in the 76 Olympics in Canada as part of the Japanese shooting team. LIU: Aso was in the 76 Olympics in Canada as part of the Japanese shooting team.

]]> By: lost in ube http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4409 lost in ube Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:31:38 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4409 Aso's been using the Captain Tsubasa thing since at least last year. It apparently has gotten him street cred with the otaku crowd: http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/fm/aso/speech0604-2.html Plus he has some interest in sports. He's the chairman of both the WJBL (Japan Women's Basketball League) and the Japan Clay Target Shooting Association: http://www.wjbl.org/info/ http://www.jctsa.or.jp/kyokai/index.html Aso’s been using the Captain Tsubasa thing since at least last year. It apparently has gotten him street cred with the otaku crowd:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/fm/aso/speech0604-2.html
Plus he has some interest in sports. He’s the chairman of both the WJBL (Japan Women’s Basketball League) and the Japan Clay Target Shooting Association:
http://www.wjbl.org/info/
http://www.jctsa.or.jp/kyokai/index.html

]]> By: AC http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4408 AC Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:28:33 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4408 Aso has a well-deserved reputation as a loose cannon. Another problem with him is that he has long been openly campaigning for the position, something the LDP tends not to reward. If the LDP gets trounced in July and Abe is sent packing, I fully expect Mori and the other heavyweights to throw their support behind a nonthreatening caretaker who won't further split the party. Aso is not that person. Machimura might be, and that's my pick. Aso has a well-deserved reputation as a loose cannon. Another problem with him is that he has long been openly campaigning for the position, something the LDP tends not to reward. If the LDP gets trounced in July and Abe is sent packing, I fully expect Mori and the other heavyweights to throw their support behind a nonthreatening caretaker who won’t further split the party. Aso is not that person. Machimura might be, and that’s my pick.

]]> By: ampontan http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4407 ampontan Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:51:09 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4407 I don't know about soccer, but Aso reportedly is a big manga fan. Perhaps that's where it comes from. I don’t know about soccer, but Aso reportedly is a big manga fan. Perhaps that’s where it comes from.

]]> By: James A http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4406 James A Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:00:49 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4406 Didn't know Aso was such a big soccer fan to reference things like euro soccer players liking Captain Tsubasa. I wonder though, was there ever a headbutt scene in the series? Maybe that inspired Zidane. Heh heh. Didn’t know Aso was such a big soccer fan to reference things like euro soccer players liking Captain Tsubasa.

I wonder though, was there ever a headbutt scene in the series? Maybe that inspired Zidane. Heh heh.

]]> By: Liberal Japan » Blog Archive » Kininaru and O-kiniiri News http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4404 Liberal Japan » Blog Archive » Kininaru and O-kiniiri News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:33:35 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4404 [...] blogs, Observing Japan and Shisaku consider the possibility lower house elections in autumn. Even Ampotan starts to think about a post-Abe regime in the [...] [...] blogs, Observing Japan and Shisaku consider the possibility lower house elections in autumn. Even Ampotan starts to think about a post-Abe regime in the [...]

]]> By: Ken http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4402 Ken Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:07:04 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/japans-next-prime-minister/#comment-4402 Aso just has too many haters in the LDP. He couldn't even garner enough support to get his own faction going, and he only needed 20 guys to show up for that. I think he has been a fabulous, unsung Foreign Minister (despite his often stupid public comments), but he's too hated in the LDP to really win. On the other hand, with a severe lack of competition - both Nakagawas have too many enemies and Shiozaki looks political powerless, he might be the only option left. As a dark horse, I submit Akira Amari. Aso just has too many haters in the LDP. He couldn’t even garner enough support to get his own faction going, and he only needed 20 guys to show up for that.

I think he has been a fabulous, unsung Foreign Minister (despite his often stupid public comments), but he’s too hated in the LDP to really win.

On the other hand, with a severe lack of competition – both Nakagawas have too many enemies and Shiozaki looks political powerless, he might be the only option left.

As a dark horse, I submit Akira Amari.

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