Dr.
David Satterwhite
Executive
Asia’s Economics & Politics
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Dr.
David Satterwhite
Executive
Director
Fulbright Program
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The Final Legacy of Junichiro Koizumi
When looking back
at the Koizumi year's will historian's look at his legacy
as one that has benefited Japan because of his reform
policies or will they look at his legacy as one which
has needlessly antagonized Japan's asian neighbor's because
of his continued visits to Yasukuni Shrine?
David Satterwhite discusses the Koizumi legacy and gives
his thoughts as to both the positive and negative policies
of Prime Minister Koizumi and what they mean to his successor,
to the Japanese people and to Japan's neighbors – especially
China and South Korea.
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Robert
Feldman
Chief
Economist & Co-Director of Japan Research
Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
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Dr.
David Satterwhite
Executive
Director
Fulbright Program
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Yoshimasa
Hayashi
Member
of the House of Councillors of Japan
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After
The Elections - What Next??
With the overwhelming "win" by Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi and the LDP in the snap elections held
in September, Japan now has the political elements in
place to enact a major restructuring of the Japanese economy.
David Satterwhite discusses whether the Koizumi government
and the LDP have any plans to enact reforms beyond the
Postal Reform legislation; whether or not Japanese citizens
desire a two-party democratic system; and whether the
LDP is a newly "reformed" party, or the same old party,
but in new clothes
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Turmoil in the
Japanese Political World
With
the dissolution of the Lower House of Representatives
by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and call for snap
elections on September 11th, Japan is at one of its most
interesting political crossroads since the end of World
War II - 60 years ago.
David Satterwhite discusses the defection of 37 members
of the lower house of the LDP and the fact that the LDP
is now waging war upon itself; and the public opinion
polls taken immediately after the dissolution that show
both a rise in the Prime Minister's approval ratings and
the belief by Japanese citizens that Postal Reform is
an important issue.
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Japan's Postwar
Constitution
Article
9 in the Japanese constitution prevents Japan from going
to war or maintaining armed forces except for self-defense
purposes. However, half-a-century later, with Japan now
involved in Iraq and wanting to play a stronger role in
both the global political and military scene, there are
a number of calls for changes in Article 9.
David Satterwhite discusses possible changes to Japan's
Constitution, who's involved in asking for these changes
and what it means both domestically and internationally;
as well as the growing public debate that will have important
and far-reaching implications for the world.
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Glen
Fukushima
Co-President
NCR Japan
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Gregory
Clark
President
Emeritus - Tama University
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Developments in Japanese
Politics: Tsunami or Ripples in a Pond
The different factions of
the LDP have always dominated Japanese politics and the
LDP's platform has not always been very transparent to
the voters. In summer of this year, the Liberal Party
merged with a splinter group of the LDP headed by Mr.
Ozawa.
David Satterwhite discusses that unlike similar events
in the past, this merger was very public with each sides
proclaiming the reasons behind their move and even publishing
a manifesto of what they wanted to accomplish. This has
created a shift in Japanese politics, as the public will
now be able to see the pledges of the candidates and grade
them based on the realization of those pledges.
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Jesper Koll
Chief Japan Analyst, Merrill
Lynch Japan
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The Koizumi Conundrum
The Liberal Democratic Party
has dominated politics in Japan since 1955 except for
some hiccups when it lost to a coalition of opposition
forces in 1993. But what we saw in April 2001 in the process
that brought Koizumi into power changed the rules when
previous unpopular Prime Minister Mori was replaced. This
was the first time the Liberal Democratic Party allowed
the regional representative to choose who will be the
next leader thus for the first time, a reformer was raised
as a Prime Minister.
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The big, bad banks: What's
next?
A direct
result of the revision in the law requiring auditing firm
to vouch for long-term profitability of their clients
was the Resona Bank bailout. Based from the still very
high percentage of deferred tax assets in the banks' capital
adequacy ratio, who will be next after Resona?
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The changing social
fabric of Japan
The
changing social fabric of the Japanese Society and its
impact on Politics and the domestic Economy.
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Economic malaise & the
effort at reform
Banking
woes, deflationary spiral, and restructuring efforts to
avoid a March Meltdown.
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Japan's Domestic & Foreign
Policy
Pressures
in Japan's domestic & foreign policy: elections, realignment,
Korea, and the Yasukuni Shrine controversy
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Liberal Democratic Party
of Japan
The
Liberal Democratic Party or the LDP has been in power
for most of post-war Japan. They have been instrumental
in the development of industrial Japan but their ability
to bring the country past its economic woes is a concern
to a lot of people. Now, Dr. Satterwhite will give light
to the current situation of the LDP, its factions and
its committees that have dominated the country for a long
time.
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