Yakushiji Katsuyuki, formerly of The Asahi Shimbun, now a professor at Toyo University, released two weeks ago a long and thorough essay in English giving the establishment insider's view of the opening moves of the election. (Link)
Sorry for not pointing this essay out earlier.
Inose Naoki
The Wall Street Journal has published a pair of articles on Tokyo Metropolitan District gubernatorial candidate Inose Naoki.
A portrait of Inose by E. Warnock (Link)
A non-Japan specialist's review of the just-published English translation of Persona, Inose's biography of Mishima Yukio (Link)
Quotation
We tried putonghua (and many thanks to those who wrote me with translations).
Anyone up for Dansk?
Men på den anden side drog Abe nogle specielle erfaringer af sin mildest talt middelmådige periode ved magten. Det siger Michael Cucek, en samfundsforsker tilknyttet Massachusetts Institute of Technology, men med base i Tokyo.Unfortunately the article seems to have been stored in a subscription archive.
»Sidste gang han var premierminister, arbejdede han hårdt på at slippe af med sit image som en højrefløjsfanatiker. Kina var det første land, han besøgte som regeringsleder. Desværre var den lære, han drog af sit personlige nederlag dengang, at han ikke igen kunne være så kompromissøgende. Han måtte være sig selv fremover. Og hvis det passer, er det ikke så godt,« siger han.
Party Time
UNSW's idea factory Aurelia Mulgan George has published a taught review of the political parties and foretaste of political environment post-election. (Link)
My only gripe: Why can't I write like this?
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