No. 28 July 21, 2000

Feature Article

LOWER HOUSE ELECTIONS PORTEND MORE MUDDLING THROUGH IN JAPAN

Barbara Wanner

• Summary
• Elections Disappoint Proponents Of Change
  • Disaffection Builds
  • Qualified Victory
  • Coalition Instability
  • Systemic Features
  • Opposition Shortcomings
  • Caretaker Still Needed
• Forces For Change Build Under Surface
  • Rural/Urban Split
  • Business Divisions
  • Generational Gap
• Near-Term Challenges Could Destabilize Coalition
  • New Komeito Wavers
  • Wakachiku Scandal
  • G-8 Summit
  • Sogo Collapse
  • Governmental Reorganization
• Outlook: Gradual Change Continues
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Weekly Review

• BOJ Sticks With Zero Interest-Rate Policy
  --- by Douglas Ostrom
• Act II Of The Sogo Bailout: Bankruptcy Brings Down The House
  --- by Jon Choy
• New Japanese Initiative Aims To Narrow "Digital Divide" And Combat Disease
  --- by Marc Castellano
• G-8 Foreign Ministers Tackle Conflict Prevention
  --- by Barbara Wanner
• Notes
  • Whaling
  • NTT Interconnect Fees

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