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...strings of a puppet, and it falls down. That is what happened last week to Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu. Noboru Takeshita, the leader of the dominant faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, severed the political cords that have propped up Kaifu for two years. Kaifu realized he had lost his standing within the party. Rather than face humiliation in the Oct. 27 party elections that will select the next Prime Minister, he announced that he would...
...contest for the Prime Minister's job is wide open. The three contenders who had already lined up to challenge Kaifu see their positions strengthened. Within the Takeshita faction, politicians are scrambling frantically for the nomination...
...very least that his chances of re-election next October are doomed. "Without Ozawa in one of the party top posts, Kaifu could be a lame- duck Prime Minister," observed a Japanese politician. Others speculate that Ozawa's sudden downfall might trigger the comeback of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, still considered one of the most powerful politicians in Japan despite his resignation two years ago over an influence- peddling scandal...
...House are sons, sons-in-law or legally adopted successors of Diet members. Even more politicians are linked by marital and familial ties. Six of the 20 Cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama, are sons of former Diet members. Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita and L.D.P. kingmaker Shin Kanemaru are related through the marriage of their children. Former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, a son of a parliamentarian, is married to the daughter of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. In the upcoming elections, the sons of former Prime Ministers Takeo Fukuda and Zenko Suzuki hope...
...Sunday afternoon, and thousands of Japanese teenagers jam the narrow streets of Tokyo's Harajuku district. They are in search of a life-style that can be bought, often dearly, in the dozens of stores crammed into the crowded area. Along Takeshita-dori, a narrow street in the heart of the district, are shops with curious names -- Octopus Army, Short Kiss, Good Day House -- that offer a variety of identities. There are button-down collars and plaid pants for the preppie look, floral prints and batiks for the Third World ethnic look, tennis and soccer equipment for the ultra...