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...headline measure by which a nation is often gauged - the effectiveness of its political system - this whale is reduced to a minnow. Witness the resignation of Yasuo Fukuda after a lackluster year as Prime Minister. In terms of political reform, Fukuda was a failure; so was his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, and if there are any who have high hopes for Fukuda's likely successors, they are keeping them mightily well hidden...
...Japan's Prime Minister amid widespread discontent over his inability to shepherd legislation through the nation's deadlocked parliament. When he took office less than a year ago, Fukuda was expected to bring stability to Japan, the world's second largest economy, following the resignation of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, after 12 months on the job. The ruling party's secretary general, Taro Aso, is the front runner to succeed Fukuda, with Yuriko Koike emerging as a possible challenger. The party will vote on Sept...
Fukuda became the second Japanese prime minister in a row to throw in the towel with under a year in office (Shinzo Abe did the same last year) and the third to do so without holding a general election. Few prime ministers have been able to rise to the pop star status of Junichiro "the reformer" Koizumi, whose time in office saw Japan taking a more vocal role in global politics. But Fukuda was quitting for the sake of his organization, the Liberal Democratic Party - and he may have a strategy in mind...
...gracious host would throw the match, but Fukuda might want to think twice before dropping his paddle: a display of national athletic prowess against an old rival might be just the tonic he needs to revive his moribund prime ministership. Since taking over from the hapless administration of Shinzo Abe in September 2007, Fukuda's team has managed to look even more inept and out of touch than Abe's on issues ranging from Japan's faltering economy to the appointment of a new central-bank governor. Initiatives by Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have been bottled...
...result, the last eight months have been a political tug-of-war that has resulted in many disputes. Playing a central role is Fukuda, who has watched his approval ratings plummet in the past few weeks, with some polls showing as low as 24%. (By contrast, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approval rating hovered around 30% when he stepped down last September...