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080714JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No23

July 14, 2008; Volume 04, Number 23 Click here for a transcript of today's program Just a quick hello this morning, to let you know Japan Considered Podcasts will be arriving only sporadically for the next few weeks. Until mid-August. Due to my travel schedule. WiFi's not always available in the more remote parts of the country. Though I'll check in on Japan's domestic political and international news when I can. And put up a program when the WiFi connection is especially good. Sorry ...

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080627JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No22

July 4, 2008; Volume 04, Number 22Click here for a transcript of today's program Welcome again. And Happy Fourth of July! I hope your celebration is going well today. We have a couple of interesting topics to cover again. This time from the Mobile Studio, parked at Iron Station, in our Neighbor to the North. You may hear the sound of gunfire in the background. No, we're not under attack. As far as I can tell. It's just the way they celebrate July 4th here abouts. Quite a sound! This w ...

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080627JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No21

June 27, 2008; Volume 04, Number 21Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for dropping by again this week. Out in the Mobile Studio again. This time in a new State Park. Have a look at the photos on the transcript. You'll be amazed. This week has been relatively quiet in Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations. But there are a few things we simply can't ignore. Most important is Japan's response to the Bush Administration's decision to de-list N ...

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080620JapanConsideredPodcastVolume04Number20

June 20, 2008; Volume 04, Number 20 Click here for a transcript of this program Welcome back for another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This week we complete our consideration of the Upper House Censure Resolution, concluding that it didn't go quite as its sponsors planned. Then we take a very superficial look at the "breakthrough agreement" between Japan and China announced on Wesnesday. The East China Sea issue. Beyond the initial announcement reports, there's been ...

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080613JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No19

June 13, 2008; Volume 04, Number 19 Click here for a transcript of this program Greetings from the Mobile Studio parked at Lake Wateree State Recreation Area. Another opportunity to enjoy South Carolina's beautiful scenery and recreational water. Wish I could send some of it to you. A few photos are included in the transcript, though. So click on over and have a look. This week we continue our consideration of the DPJ's decision finally to introduce a resolution of censure agai ...

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080606JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No18

June 6 , 2008; Volume 04, Number 18 Click here for a transcript of this program Welcome back for another program. This week we take a close look at the threat of a resolution of censure in Japan's Upper House. What it means; what it doesn't mean. And its effect. Then we turn to international affairs with review of Japanese media focus last week on China allowing Japan to use SDF military aircraft in their relief efforts for China's earthquake. It didn't happen. But media covera ...

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080523JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No17

May 23rd, 2008. Volume 04, Number 17Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for tuning in again this week. Lots of travel and activity. Even though it is summer here! This week we wrap up Chinese President Hu Jintao's historic visit to Japan. What was accomplished; what wasn't. And conclude it was an important success for both countries. Before that, though, we look again at the Space Bill that passed Japan's parliament on Wednesday, and what the bill means for Japan's national ...

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080509JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No16

May 9 , 2008; Volume 04, Number 16 Click here for a transcript of this programThanks for dropping in again today, to you long-time listeners. And welcome to those of you who have just found the program. I hope it meets your expectations. Send your comments and suggestions to me at RobertCAngel@gmail.com. I read them all, and appreciate each one. You don't have to agree with my analysis to have your comments read and taken seriously. This week we focus on a preliminary look at the historic v ...

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080428JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No15

April 28, 2008; Volume 04, Number 15 Click here for a transcript of this programSurprise. A Monday program this week. Since there won't be time on Friday to produce a regular program. And just too many things are piling up in Tokyo for us to consider. Today we'll look first at the journey of the Olympic Flame through Japan on Saturday. And the significance of what has to be described as a strange event for Japan's relations with Mainland China. All went well. Given conditions. And Beijing s ...

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080414JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No14

April 18, 2008; Volume 04, Number 14 Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for dropping by again this week. To you long-time listeners. And a hearty South Carolina welcome to those of you who have just joined us. Wow! The number of listeners -- and readers of the transcripts -- has made another jump during the past ten days. Good to see. I hope the program meets your expectations. This week we begin by considering current relations between Japan and China. With focus on ...

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080411JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No13

April 11, 2008; Volume 04, Number 13 Click here for a transcript of this programWelcome again this week to another Japan Considered Podcast. Thanks for dropping in again to you long-time listeners, and a hearty South Carolina welcome to those of you who have just found the program. Even though this week we come to you from North Carolina! Last week I said we'd consider the proliferation of LDP cross-factional associations that have been developing recently. In anticipation of significant ch ...

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080404JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No12

Click here for a transcript of this week's program. Thanks for tuning in again this week. Coming to you from the Mobile Studio at Modoc, South Carolina. On the very shore of Lake Thurmond. This week we examine the surprising increase in the number of mainstream Japanese political media articles related to reorganization of Japan's political party system. Just in the past few days. And sort through the implications of the most likely explanation. That, it seems, is the continuing tumble of t ...

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080328JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No11

March 28, 2008; Volume 04, Number 11 Click here for a transcript of this program It's Friday again. And the links above will take you to the audio file for today's Japan Considered Podcast, and to an accurate transcript of the program. Interesting goings-on in Tokyo these days. Just as we like it! First we continue with our consideration of Japan's response to eruption of Tibet problems for Beijing. Asking why Japan's official response has been so muted and cautious. And what t ...

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080321JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No10

March 21, 2008; Volume 04, Number 10 Click here for a transcript of this programThanks for dropping by again this week. You won't be wasting your time, that's for sure. Whether you're listening, or just reading the transcript. Since we're joined again this week by Dr. Edward Lincoln. Who gives us quite a different perspective on the Bank of Japan governorship vacancy than the one I presented last week. As usual, Ed combines his insights as an economist with a keen sense of the political. Fo ...

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080314JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No09

March 14, 2008; Volume 04, Number 09 Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for joining me again today for the Japan Considered Podcast. This week's program is devoted almost entirely to comments from listeners. Comments about last week's program. Specifically, the issue of physical violence in the halls of the Diet, and what I described last week as the antique tactic of parliamentary boycott. Lots of e-mailed reaction to those points. This week I provide a littl ...

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080307JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No08

March 07, 2008; Volume 04, Number 08 Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for dropping by today. I've got a loooong show for you. Beginning with some follow-up on the tainted gyoza negotiations between Japan and China. Then moving on to discussion of introduction of what I describe as antique parliamentary tactics into Japan's 21st Century Diet. And the implications of the introduction of those tactics. As well as the reaction of Japan's communications media. Including ...

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080229JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No07

February 29, 2008; Volume 04, Number 07Click here for a transcript of this program Welcome again this Leap Year February 29th. Thanks for joining me again today. I've got a treat for you this week. Dr. Ed Lincoln agreed to provide us with some background and insight into the somewhat obscure issue of sovereign wealth funds. Some of Japan's reform-minded politicians have been promoting the idea for a while now. It looks as though they may be getting more attention in the next few months. S ...

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080222JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No06

February 22, 2008; Volume 04, Number 06Click here for a transcript of this programThanks for dropping by again today to all. Including you new listeners. Sorry to have missed you last week. Day job complications, and a chance to visit my dad in North Carolina. This week, though, we have to consider two gloomy topics. Gloomy both in the specifics of the topics. And gloomy when we consider the Fukuda Cabinet's political response. The first is the collision earlier this week between the MSDF d ...

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080208JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No05

February 8, 2008; Volume 04, Number 05 Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for tuning in to another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This week we backtrack a bit, with more information about government funding of Japan's political parties. Then we consider the "tainted gyoza" incident that recently erupted into a major topic of front-page consideration in Japan during the past few days. And move from there to the first part of our consideration of ho ...

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080125JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No04

January 25, 2008; Volume 04, Number 04 Click here for a transcript of this program Welcome to another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This week we consider the performance of the LDP and the DPJ in the recently-opened 169th Ordinary Session of the Diet. With focus on Prime Minister Fukuda's policy speech. And the recent performance of the DPJ. Focusing on the Party leadership of Ichiro Ozawa. With Ozawa's talents as a political tactician compared to those of Karl Rove in ...

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080118JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No03

January 18, 2008; Volume 04, Number 03 Click here for a transcript of this programThanks for joining us for another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This week we have a special treat. Gregg Rubinstein of GAR Associates in Washington D.C., joins us again. Gregg this week helps us to understand the significance of the Ministry of Defense procurement corruption scandal we've discussed for the past few months. Gregg has been active in U.S.-Japan defense relations for a long time. And kn ...

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080111JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No02

January 11, 2008; Volume 04, Number 02 Click here for a transcript of this program Thanks for dropping by again. This week we consider the Ruling Coalition's decision to over-ride Upper House rejection of the new anti-terror bill, the Constitutional rules for passage of the national budget bill, the long-awaited parliamentary "debate" between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ Leader Ichiro Ozawa, and begin our discussion of the future of Japan's political party system. ...

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080104JapanConsideredPodcastVol04No01

January 4 , 2008; Volume 04, Number 01 Click here for a transcript of this program Happy New Year, and welcome to the first program for 2008 in this series. Brought to you again from the Mobile Studio. This time parked at the beautiful South Carolina beach at Edisto Island State Park. There are a few photos in the transcript. Temperatures here dropped to below freezing last night. But it's much warmer today. And we're expecting temps in the 70s here, beginning over the weeke ...

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080104JapanConsideredPodcastVolume04Number01

January 4 , 2008; Volume 04, Number 01 Click here for a transcript of this program Happy New Year, and welcome to the first program for 2008 in this series. Brought to you again from the Mobile Studio. This time parked at the beautiful South Carolina beach at Edisto Island State Park. There are a few photos in the transcript. Temperatures here dropped to below freezing last night. But it's much warmer today. And we're expecting temps in the 70s here, beginning over the weeke ...

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071221JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number44

December 21, 2007; Volume 03, Number 44 Click here for a transcript of this programWelcome back to the Japan Considered Podcast. Thanks for dropping by. The production schedule is still muddled. But the Podcast is going strong. No PodFading here. This week we consider a number of international events of significance. First a follow-up on the "Joint Communique" flap with Mainland China we discussed on the last program. Then preparations for Prime Minister Fukuda's first trip to Chi ...

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071211JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number43

December 11, 2007; Volume 03, Number 43Click here for a transcript of this programYes, that's right. Tuesday, December 11th. Delayed again by the day job! This week we take a closer look at one international and one domestic political issue. Both seem to have longer-term significance for our understanding of just how Japan works. First, we consider the sudden eruption of a flap over Beijing editing the published Chinese version of a "Joint Communique" issued at the end of the cabi ...

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071123JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number42

November 23, 2007. Volume 03, Number 42 Click here for a transcript of this program.Welcome again to this week's post-Thanksgiving Day Japan Considered Podcast. No Podcast next week, November 30th. I'll be traveling and won't have internet access most of the time. So, tune back in on December 7th. This week has been busy again in Japan. Both domestically and internationally. We'll begin with preliminary discussion of Prime Minister Fukuda's trip to Singapore. And his important summit meetin ...

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071116JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number 41

November 16, 2007. Volume 03, Number 41 Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for coming by again this week for our second anniversary program. It was November 18, 2005, when I recorded the first program. Just an introduction. With terrible sound. Check the archives for 2005 if you'd like a chuckle. But your continued interest in the program has kept it going. This week we consider the results of the eleventh bilateral Japan-China expert negotiating session over gas exploitatio ...

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071116JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number 41

November 16, 2007. Volume 03, Number 41 Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for coming by again this week for our second anniversary program. It was November 18, 2005, when I recorded the first program. Just an introduction. With terrible sound. Check the archives for 2005 if you'd like a chuckle. But your continued interest in the program has kept it going. This week we consider the results of the eleventh bilateral Japan-China expert negotiating session over gas exploitatio ...

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071109JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number 40

November 9, 2007. Volume 03, Number 40 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping in again this week. We have another full schedule. Japan's domestic politics continue to surprise. So, we'll focus most of our energies on domestic political issues. First, an update of the Prosecutors' investigation of suspicions of corruption at the Ministry of Defense. More Diet testimony scheduled; a few arrests; and plenty of media coverage. I also review the traditional patter ...

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071109JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number 40

November 9, 2007. Volume 03, Number 40 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping in again this week. We have another full schedule. Japan's domestic politics continue to surprise. So, we'll focus most of our energies on domestic political issues. First, an update of the Prosecutors' investigation of suspicions of corruption at the Ministry of Defense. More Diet testimony scheduled; a few arrests; and plenty of media coverage. I also review the traditional patter ...

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071102JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number39

November 2, 2007. Volume 03, Number 39 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by. Another full week. Even without being able to access news for today, Friday. I'm in the Mobile Studio again, at Hunting Island State Park, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. A beautiful site. But a long way from internet access! This week we'll consider Takemasa Moriya's testimony Monday before the Lower House Committee, and subsequent Japan political press covera ...

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071102JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number39

November 2, 2007. Volume 03, Number 39 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by. Another full week. Even without being able to access news for today, Friday. I'm in the Mobile Studio again, at Hunting Island State Park, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. A beautiful site. But a long way from internet access! This week we'll consider Takemasa Moriya's testimony Monday before the Lower House Committee, and subsequent Japan political press covera ...

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071026JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number38

October 26, 2007. Volume 03, Number 38 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping in again this week. We have a full schedule. Though I'll do my best to keep the program to a reasonable length. This week we check in on the Ministry of Defense flaps. Including the "Moriya Golf" issue, and how that issue has been combined with debate over renewal of legislation authorizing Japan to continue refueling U.S. ships, and ships of other nations, engaged in t ...

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071026JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number38

October 26, 2007. Volume 03, Number 38 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping in again this week. We have a full schedule. Though I'll do my best to keep the program to a reasonable length. This week we check in on the Ministry of Defense flaps. Including the "Moriya Golf" issue, and how that issue has been combined with debate over renewal of legislation authorizing Japan to continue refueling U.S. ships, and ships of other nations, engaged in t ...

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071019JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number37

October 19, 2007. Volume 03, Number 37Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for joining me again today. We have a good program. Featuring an extended interview with Gregg Rubinstein of Washington, D.C. Gregg gives us his latest thinking on the nature of U.S.-Japan relations. All interesting stuff. Before that we briefly consider the significance of a couple of items in the news this week. First, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura's comments to the Kantei press corps about negoti ...

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071019JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number37

October 19, 2007. Volume 03, Number 37Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for joining me again today. We have a good program. Featuring an extended interview with Gregg Rubinstein of Washington, D.C. Gregg gives us his latest thinking on the nature of U.S.-Japan relations. All interesting stuff. Before that we briefly consider the significance of a couple of items in the news this week. First, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura's comments to the Kantei press corps about negoti ...

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071012JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number36

October 12, 2007. Volume 03, Number 36Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again. And for the e-mailed comments and suggestions for the program that you've taken the time to send. They're very helpful, and keep 'em coming! To RobertCAngel@gmail.com. In response to your suggestions, I've added a trial website search window to the Japan Considered Project website home page. It's at the bottom of the page. Give it a try. It should allow you to search the website's ...

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071012JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number36

October 12, 2007. Volume 03, Number 36Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again. And for the e-mailed comments and suggestions for the program that you've taken the time to send. They're very helpful, and keep 'em coming! To RobertCAngel@gmail.com. In response to your suggestions, I've added a trial website search window to the Japan Considered Project website home page. It's at the bottom of the page. Give it a try. It should allow you to search the website's ...

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071005JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number35

October 5, 2007. Volume 03; Number 35Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by. No program last week. But, hopefully, we're back on track now. This time we return to Japan's international relations, with consideration of Tokyo's reaction to recent events on the Korean peninsula. The second round of the Six Party Talks, and the North-South Korean Summit meeting. Japan has a big stake in developments there. Then we consider selection of Yasuo Fukuda as LDP president, ...

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071005JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number35

October 5, 2007. Volume 03; Number 35Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by. No program last week. But, hopefully, we're back on track now. This time we return to Japan's international relations, with consideration of Tokyo's reaction to recent events on the Korean peninsula. The second round of the Six Party Talks, and the North-South Korean Summit meeting. Japan has a big stake in developments there. Then we consider selection of Yasuo Fukuda as LDP president, ...

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070921JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number34

September 21, 2007. Volume 03; Number 34Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again. This week coming to you from the Mobile Studio camped on the shore of Lake Thurmond. Our program is a bit longer. But we've got a lot to consider! We take a careful look at the "campaign" for the LDP presidency waged all week by Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso. What's happening, and the significance of this important event for Japan's domestic politics overall. Then we consi ...

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070921JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number34

September 21, 2007. Volume 03; Number 34Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again. This week coming to you from the Mobile Studio camped on the shore of Lake Thurmond. Our program is a bit longer. But we've got a lot to consider! We take a careful look at the "campaign" for the LDP presidency waged all week by Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso. What's happening, and the significance of this important event for Japan's domestic politics overall. Then we consi ...

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070914JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number33

September 14, 2007. Volume 03; Number 33Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again this week. Last week I said we'd continue to consider the significance of the cabinet reshuffle on Japan's politics unless we had any surprising developments. Well, we had one. On Wednesday at 2PM, Tokyo time, Prime Minister Abe held a press conference and announced his decision to resign. Tokyo's political world has been wild since. So, this week, we consider the causes of that ...

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070914JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number33

September 14, 2007. Volume 03; Number 33Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again this week. Last week I said we'd continue to consider the significance of the cabinet reshuffle on Japan's politics unless we had any surprising developments. Well, we had one. On Wednesday at 2PM, Tokyo time, Prime Minister Abe held a press conference and announced his decision to resign. Tokyo's political world has been wild since. So, this week, we consider the causes of that ...

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070907JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number32

September 7, 2007. Volume 03. Number 32Click here for a full transcript of the program. Thanks for dropping by. As we continue our consideration of post-Upper House election domestic politics in Japan. This week our focus is on an effort to address the question: "Why is Shinzo Abe still Japan's prime minister?" It's a reasonable question, I think, given the difficulty he has had with public approval of his cabinet. And the disastrous results of the July 29th Upper House election. ...

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070907JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number32

September 7, 2007. Volume 03. Number 32Click here for a full transcript of the program. Thanks for dropping by. As we continue our consideration of post-Upper House election domestic politics in Japan. This week our focus is on an effort to address the question: "Why is Shinzo Abe still Japan's prime minister?" It's a reasonable question, I think, given the difficulty he has had with public approval of his cabinet. And the disastrous results of the July 29th Upper House election. ...

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070831JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number31

August 31, 2007. Volume 03, Number 31 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome again to the Japan Considered Podcast. This week our focus is on the reshuffle of the Abe Cabinet. and the significance of that reshuffle for Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations. I've been able to persuade three specialists in the field to join us today as commentators. First Mr. Gregg Rubinstein gives his thoughts on the significance of all this for the Ministry of ...

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070831JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number31

August 31, 2007. Volume 03, Number 31 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome again to the Japan Considered Podcast. This week our focus is on the reshuffle of the Abe Cabinet. and the significance of that reshuffle for Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations. I've been able to persuade three specialists in the field to join us today as commentators. First Mr. Gregg Rubinstein gives his thoughts on the significance of all this for the Ministry of ...

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070824JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number30

Click here for a transcript of this program. We begin this week with some discussion of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He left on Sunday and is expected back in Tokyo tomorrow, Saturday. Then we turn to domestic politics, with consideration of developments in the appointment of the second Abe Cabinet. Some of those developments quite surprising. And finally we look at Prime Minister Abe's political style, in search of explanations of the problems ...

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070824JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number30

Click here for a transcript of this program. We begin this week with some discussion of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He left on Sunday and is expected back in Tokyo tomorrow, Saturday. Then we turn to domestic politics, with consideration of developments in the appointment of the second Abe Cabinet. Some of those developments quite surprising. And finally we look at Prime Minister Abe's political style, in search of explanations of the problems ...

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070817JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number29

August 17, 2007. Volume 03, Number 29Click here for a Transcript of This Week's ProgramThanks for tuning in again. This week I'd hoped to continue the post mortem of the October 29th Upper House election. But as so often happens, pressing events intervened. So that will have to wait until next week. This week we consider the longer-term significance of the eruption of conflict between Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihisa Shiozaki. Not pretty! And another ...

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070817JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number29

August 17, 2007. Volume 03, Number 29Click here for a Transcript of This Week's ProgramThanks for tuning in again. This week I'd hoped to continue the post mortem of the October 29th Upper House election. But as so often happens, pressing events intervened. So that will have to wait until next week. This week we consider the longer-term significance of the eruption of conflict between Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihisa Shiozaki. Not pretty! And another ...

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070810JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number28

August 10, 2007, Volume 03, Number 28Click here for a transcript of this program.Back home at last from a 24-day Grand Northern Sojourn. This program coming to you from the home studio. Hopefully with a little better sound quality. Thanks for tuning in. This week we begin by considering a couple of important international developments. The first, how the North Korean government's abduction and imprisonment of Japanese citizens has become a political football in Japan's domestic politics. ...

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070810JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number28

August 10, 2007, Volume 03, Number 28Click here for a transcript of this program.Back home at last from a 24-day Grand Northern Sojourn. This program coming to you from the home studio. Hopefully with a little better sound quality. Thanks for tuning in. This week we begin by considering a couple of important international developments. The first, how the North Korean government's abduction and imprisonment of Japanese citizens has become a political football in Japan's domestic politics. ...

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070803JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number27

August 3, 2007. Volume 03, Number 27For a transcript of this program, click:http://www.japanconsidered.com/Podcasts/Scripts/070803JapanConsideredPodcastTranscript.htmlGreetings again from the Mobile Studio. Still on the road, and finally about to get another WiFi uplink. Hope all works. This week we focus on the results of the Sunday election for the Upper House. As predicted, the LDP lost, and Lost Big! This is quite an event. For the first time since formation of the party in 1955, the L ...

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070803JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number27

August 3, 2007. Volume 03, Number 27For a transcript of this program, click:http://www.japanconsidered.com/Podcasts/Scripts/070803JapanConsideredPodcastTranscript.htmlGreetings again from the Mobile Studio. Still on the road, and finally about to get another WiFi uplink. Hope all works. This week we focus on the results of the Sunday election for the Upper House. As predicted, the LDP lost, and Lost Big! This is quite an event. For the first time since formation of the party in 1955, the L ...

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070727JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number26

July 27, 2007. Volume 03, Number 26For a transcript of this program, click:http://www.japanconsidered.com/Podcasts/Scripts/070713JapanConsideredPodcastTranscript.htmlGreetings from the Finger Lakes Region of New York State's Southern Tier. Coming to you today, Friday the 27th, from the Mobile Studio. The northernmost point on my long trip with the Mobile Studio. Great fun. Though internet access has been spotty, at best. I"ve finally found a WiFi connection strong enough to allow me to ...

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070727JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number26

July 27, 2007. Volume 03, Number 26For a transcript of this program, click:http://www.japanconsidered.com/Podcasts/Scripts/070713JapanConsideredPodcastTranscript.htmlGreetings from the Finger Lakes Region of New York State's Southern Tier. Coming to you today, Friday the 27th, from the Mobile Studio. The northernmost point on my long trip with the Mobile Studio. Great fun. Though internet access has been spotty, at best. I"ve finally found a WiFi connection strong enough to allow me to ...

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070713JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number25

July 13, 2007. Volume 03, Number 25Click here for a transcript of this program.Greetings again from Spring Valley in the Midlands of South Carolina. I will be traveling for the next few weeks. So, Japan Considered Podcast postings until mid-August will depend entirely upon my access to WiFi connections to the Internet. Both to collect political and international news from Japan, and to upload the programs produced from the information collected. I hope you keep checking back, though. I have ...

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070713JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number25

July 13, 2007. Volume 03, Number 25Click here for a transcript of this program.Greetings again from Spring Valley in the Midlands of South Carolina. I will be traveling for the next few weeks. So, Japan Considered Podcast postings until mid-August will depend entirely upon my access to WiFi connections to the Internet. Both to collect political and international news from Japan, and to upload the programs produced from the information collected. I hope you keep checking back, though. I have ...

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070706JapanConsideredPodcastVolume 03Number24

Click here for a transcript of this program. Greetings Again From the Japan Considered Podcast Mobile Studio. Parked here on the shore of Lake Thurmond. Enjoying the view, in spite of the heat. Thanks for dropping by. This week we focus almost entirely on the significance of the resignation of Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma. After the negative publicity his comment on U.S. atomic bombing of Japanese cities at the end of World War Two incited. After describing what happened, we consider th ...

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070706JapanConsideredPodcastVolume 03Number24

Click here for a transcript of this program. Greetings Again From the Japan Considered Podcast Mobile Studio. Parked here on the shore of Lake Thurmond. Enjoying the view, in spite of the heat. Thanks for dropping by. This week we focus almost entirely on the significance of the resignation of Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma. After the negative publicity his comment on U.S. atomic bombing of Japanese cities at the end of World War Two incited. After describing what happened, we consider th ...

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070622JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number23

June 22, 2007. Volume 03, Number 23Click here for a transcript of this program. This week our focus is almost entirely domestic. After brief mention of the flurry of activity related to the North Korean nuclear issue, and Secretary Hill's visit to Pyongyang. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has forced an extension of the current Diet session. A 12-day extension. That will change the date of the Upper House election next month. So, it's important. We consider the significance of this change. An ...

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070622JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number23

June 22, 2007. Volume 03, Number 23Click here for a transcript of this program. This week our focus is almost entirely domestic. After brief mention of the flurry of activity related to the North Korean nuclear issue, and Secretary Hill's visit to Pyongyang. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has forced an extension of the current Diet session. A 12-day extension. That will change the date of the Upper House election next month. So, it's important. We consider the significance of this change. An ...

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070615JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number22

June 15, 2007. Volume 03, Number 22 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by again for another Japan Considered Podcast. Each week at this time we consider events of longer-term significance in the news from Japan. Those with the potential for telling us more about how Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations actually works. This week we focus on the upcoming Upper House election. Its timing, how the election i ...

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070615JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number22

June 15, 2007. Volume 03, Number 22 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by again for another Japan Considered Podcast. Each week at this time we consider events of longer-term significance in the news from Japan. Those with the potential for telling us more about how Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations actually works. This week we focus on the upcoming Upper House election. Its timing, how the election i ...

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070608JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number21

Click here for a transcript of this program. A hearty South Carolina welcome to one and all. Thanks for dropping by this week. Special welcome to those of you who haven't been with us before. I hope the program meets your expectations. Each week we consider events in the news from Japan with longer-term significance for Japan's domestic politics and/or conduct of international relations. Not a news show, now. Nothing that fancy. Or comprehensive. Just interpretation and analysis of ...

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070608JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number21

Click here for a transcript of this program. A hearty South Carolina welcome to one and all. Thanks for dropping by this week. Special welcome to those of you who haven't been with us before. I hope the program meets your expectations. Each week we consider events in the news from Japan with longer-term significance for Japan's domestic politics and/or conduct of international relations. Not a news show, now. Nothing that fancy. Or comprehensive. Just interpretation and analysis of ...

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070601JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number20

Volume 03, Number 20Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again to the Japan Considered Podcast. Each week at this time we consider recent events in the news with longer-term significance for Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations. The mobile studio is home this week, making production just a little easier. Hopefully, improving the quality of the sound.Another busy week in Japan. We begin the program with an interview with Dr. James Aue ...

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070601JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number20

Volume 03, Number 20Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping by again to the Japan Considered Podcast. Each week at this time we consider recent events in the news with longer-term significance for Japan's domestic politics and conduct of international relations. The mobile studio is home this week, making production just a little easier. Hopefully, improving the quality of the sound.Another busy week in Japan. We begin the program with an interview with Dr. James Aue ...

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070525JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number19

May 25, 2007. Volume 03, Number 19 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome again to the Japan Considered Podcast. Coming to you this week from Iron Station in the beautiful Piedmont region of our Northern neighboring state. This week our focus from beginning to end is international. First, a look at Japan's response to the latest North Korean missile initiative. This one conducted early this morning, Japan time. Then we consider recent events in Japan's relation ...

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070525JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number19

May 25, 2007. Volume 03, Number 19 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome again to the Japan Considered Podcast. Coming to you this week from Iron Station in the beautiful Piedmont region of our Northern neighboring state. This week our focus from beginning to end is international. First, a look at Japan's response to the latest North Korean missile initiative. This one conducted early this morning, Japan time. Then we consider recent events in Japan's relation ...

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070518JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No18

Click here for a transcript of this program. Greetings from Norris Dam State Park in Eastern Tennessee. A beautiful site to create a Podcast. Listen to this week's program, or read the transcript, for more details on this area. This week a lot was going on in Tokyo. We begin with consideration of the longer-term significance of the Diet's passage of the Constitution Revision Referendum Law. Then we look at the ticklish issue of collective security, or collective self defense. And fina ...

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070518JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No18

Click here for a transcript of this program.Greetingsfrom Norris Dam State Park in Eastern Tennessee. A beautiful site tocreate a Podcast. Listen to this week's program, or read thetranscript, for more details on this area. This week a lotwas going on in Tokyo. We begin with consideration of the longer-termsignificance of the Diet's passage of the Constitution RevisionReferendum Law. Then we look at the ticklish issue of collectivesecurity, or collective self defense. And finally we continu ...

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May 11, 2007. Volume 03, Number 17 Click here f...

May 11, 2007. Volume 03, Number 17 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program.Welcome back to you long-time listeners, and a hearty South Carolina welcome to those of you who've found the program for the first time. I'm Robert Angel, creator and maintainer of the Japan Considered Project. And creator and host of this podcast.Each week at this time we consider a few recent events that seem to have the greatest longer-term significance for J ...

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070511JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No17

May 11, 2007. Volume 03, Number 17 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome back to you long-time listeners, and a hearty South Carolina welcome to those of you who've found the program for the first time. I'm Robert Angel, creator and maintainer of the Japan Considered Project. And creator and host of this podcast.Each week at this time we consider a few recent events that seem to have the greatest longer-term significance for Japan's domestic politics and conduct of internatio ...

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May 4, 2007. Volume 03, Number 16 Click here fo...

May 4, 2007. Volume 03, Number 16 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for tuning in again this week. We have an interesting program. First, an important correction, thanks to a sharp-eared listener. Then a Skype-line interview with Gregg Rubinstein during which he explains the substance and significance of the recently concluded U.S.-Japan "2+2" consultations. Then, at last we look at the Abe Cabinet's recent energy diplomacy ...

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070504JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number16

May 4, 2007; Volume 03, Number 16Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for tuning in again this week. We have an interesting program. First, an important correction, thanks to a sharp-eared listener. Then a Skype-line interview with Gregg Rubinstein during which he explains the substance and significance of the recently concluded U.S.-Japan "2+2" consultations. Then, at last we look at the Abe Cabinet's recent energy diplomacy initiative, including the Prime Minister ...

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April 27, 2007. Volume 03, Number 15 Click he...

April 27, 2007. Volume 03, Number 15 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome back, after a two-week absence. Good to be behind the microphone again for another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This one from our South Carolina home. No traveling this week! A lot's happened since our last program. So let's get right to it. We'll begin this week with review of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first trip to Washington as p ...

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070427JapanConsideredPodcastVol03Number15

April 27, 2007. Volume 03, Number 15 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome back, after a two-week absence. Good to be behind the microphone again for another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. This one from our South Carolina home. No traveling this week! A lot's happened since our last program. So let's get right to it. We'll begin this week with review of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first trip to Washington as prime minister. Lots to consider there, inc ...

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April 13, 2007. Volume 03, Number 14 Click here...

April 13, 2007. Volume 03, Number 14 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program.Welcome to another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. I'm here again at Sesquicentennial State Park, "narrow-casting" from our Little Tin House, Aliner. Which has become something of a mobile studio. Hopefully, the sound this week will be better. Since we have several important topics to cover. First, we'll consider passage of a Constitutional Referend ...

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070413JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No14

April 13, 2007. Volume 03, Number 14 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome to another edition of the Japan Considered Podcast. I'm here again at Sesquicentennial State Park, "narrow-casting" from our Little Tin House, Aliner. Which has become something of a mobile studio. Hopefully, the sound this week will be better. Since we have several important topics to cover. First, we'll consider passage of a Constitutional Referendum Bill through the Lower H ...

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April 6, 2007. Volume 03, Number 13 Click here ...

April 6, 2007. Volume 03, Number 13 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by again this week. Especially after the terrible sound quality of last week's program. Sorry about that. I'll try to do better next time I produce a program out in the wild, in Our Little Tin House. This week I provide some comments in response to e-mail feedback on last week's program concerning administrative reform. And also include ...

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070406JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No13

April 6, 2006 Volume 03, Number 13 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping by again this week. Especially after the terrible sound quality of last week's program. Sorry about that. I'll try to do better next time I produce a program out in the wild, in Our Little Tin House. This week I provide some comments in response to e-mail feedback on last week's program concerning administrative reform. And also include more recent developments in that important area. ...

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March 30, 2007. Volume 03, Number 12 Click here for the audio file of this program. Click here for a transcript of this program.It's Friday again, and welcome back. This time from a remote site. Well, not really very remote. Just the Sesquicentennial State Park in the Midlands of South Carolina. But the program is being produced and recorded here among the beautifully blooming dogwood. In our Aliner Little Tin House. So, you'll probably hear ...

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070330JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No12

March 30, 2007. Volume 03, Number 12 Click here for a transcript of this program. It's Friday again, and welcome back. This time from a remote site. Well, not really very remote. Just the Sesquicentennial State Park in the Midlands of South Carolina. But the program is being produced and recorded here among the beautifully blooming dogwood. In our Aliner Little Tin House. So, you'll probably hear a difference in the audio sound. Especially at the beginning. Hopefully not too bad. T ...

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070323JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No11

March 23, 2007. Volume 03, Number 11 Click here for a transcript of this program. Welcome back again this week. To all of you who regularly listen to and/or read the show. Another busy week in political and international Japan. We begin with good news about modification of the "Sushi Police" scheme by the Ministry of Agriculture. But then look at the collapse of the Six-Party Talks held this week in Beijing, as a counter-balance. The balance of the program is all about ...

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March 23, 2007. Volume 03, Number 11Click here...

March 23, 2007. Volume 03, Number 11Click here for the audio file of this program.Click here for a transcript of this program.Welcome back again this week. To all of you who regularly listen to and/or read the show. Another busy week in political and international Japan.We begin with good news about modification of the "Sushi Police" scheme by the Ministry of Agriculture. But then look at the collapse of the Six-Party Talks held this week in Beijing, as a counter-balance.The balance of the ...

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March 16, 2007. Volume 03, Number 10Click here...

March 16, 2007. Volume 03, Number 10Click here for the audio file of this program.Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for dropping in again. It's good to be back at the microphone. After nearly a two-week absence. Not "pod-fading," now. Just a planned short spring vacation. Thanks for all of your e-mails. I'll have gotten through them by the end of the weekend, hopefully. And they're all appreciated. We've had quite an increase in regular subscribers to the program since the ...

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070316JapanConsideredPodcastVol03No10

March 16, 2007. Volume 03, Number 10 Click here for a transcript of this program. Thanks for dropping in again. It's good to be back at the microphone. After nearly a two-week absence. Not "pod-fading," now. Just a planned short spring vacation. Thanks for all of your e-mails. I'll have gotten through them by the end of the weekend, hopefully. And they're all appreciated. We've had quite an increase in regular subscribers to the program since the last program. A hearty Sout ...

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