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Originally Posted by Ryuou
Yeah it's why I hate politics and most politicians in general. It's like corruption goes hand in hand with politics. The problem with the corruption/innefectiveness/unreliability in the Japanese government, is that it's bad enough for the people to scoff at it, but not bad enough to spur much reform. Which probably ties into culture a bit.
Seconded. And his popularity still seems to remain fairly high.
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Very high.
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Originally Posted by Vexx
Koizumi has the advantage of:
1) Even if you disagreed with some of his policies, he was cool.
2) He gave good speeches, he was cool.
3) The women swooned over him, he was cool.
4) He balanced internal and external interests - maximizing the number of factions working together, because he was cool.
 I hope that was obviously just being a bit silly - but there's a kernel of truth to it. The guy has a charisma factor both domestically and internationally (even if he pissed neighbors off over the annual shrine attendance problem). |
I like to joke that Japan had an Obama before US, it was Koizumi. His election machinery was the same as Obama's [at least quite similar], AND he still has the popularity of Obama during pre-election.