Abe vs Ozawa, It is a beginning of two-party system.

Prime minister Abe has resigned. I was astonished by the news. He has just made a policy speech at diet previous day. It is a unheard-of story. Sort of like President bush resigned immediately after State of the Union address(一般教書演説 in Japanese).



The reasons he resigned are Mr. Ozawa denied to do meeting between party heads, then he can't follow through on feeding American ships at India sea without agreement of Ozawa, Ozawa said Abe cabinet doesn't reflect public opinion, he thinks he, Abe, has become an obstacle to continue the feeding, he thinks Japan should continue the feeding under new cabinet, according to Abe.



He is suffering from ill health, according to Mr. Yosano, the chief Cabinet secretary.



Ozawa is the head of Democratic Party of Japan. He said he didn't turn down the offer for the meeting. the meeting. Yosano is a grandson of Yosano Akiko and Yosano Tekkan.



I think even if prime minister changes, this situation never change as long as Democrats of Japan is majority of upper house.



Now LDP(Abe's party) has more than two-third seats of lower house. DPJ has more than 50% of upper house. We can pass a bill(general laws) if ruling party has more than two-third in lower election even if others has more than 50% in upper house. However, as to terminal laws, ruling party needs more than 50% in upper house, as I recall. special anti-terrorism law is a terminal law. Abe could make a new general law for the feeding. I can't understand him.





I think I wrote about I think he may misunderstand what Japan is, that is, he esteem highly Shintoism too much. I think his main problem is that he doesn't understand what Japan is. "Beautiful Japan", "Breakaway from Postwar resume" . Those words are very nice, but its contents were emptiness. I think he should have unite the abstract concept and reality. Philosophers often fail to unite them. It is a problem. And someone says he is a gently man too much so he can't understand life of common people.



It is obvious that if politicians don't think about common people, the government will collapse because majority is people. LDP(Abe's party) says we are not market fundamentalist but it is sure that they don't care people in a vulnerable position enough. Leadership needs to get grass-root support. His cabinet was a kind of house of cards, I think.

I think he should have resign when he lost upper house election on end of July. So called, I think I can say he has moved against voice of heaven in Chinese philosophical way. In this cases, nothing goes well.



I don't agree with Abe, but I don't hate Abe, I lament over him. I know how much mentally-demanding job is hard. It is sure illness causes poor judgment. The more we make an effort, the more we make the illness worse. Some people say he should overcome the agony with his effort and he should have continue even if he dies. Maybe yes, but I wish he recover from his illness, now that things have come to this pass.



As to Judo, the administrative board augmented the personnel, one Japanese become a administrator after all. It seems medias has made a quick judgment.



Who become next prime minister? Hmm, Yosano? Aso? Tanigaki? I don't hope Koizumi becomes it again.



Well, I have to go.