Comments on: Koizumi’s legacy is Yasukuni rather than reforms? http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5028 Ken Y-N Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:43:57 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5028 Ken, thanks for that link. I'll give them a listen to at work; seems like interesting stuff! Ken, thanks for that link. I’ll give them a listen to at work; seems like interesting stuff!

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5027 Ken Y-N Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:42:34 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5027 Thanks Joe for the corrections: I found mention of a Great Merger of the Showa (Taisho?) Era, but didn't know if it was to do with finance or towns. I vaguely remembered the one-yen enterprise stuff, but I couldn't track down more details with Google. Thanks Joe for the corrections: I found mention of a Great Merger of the Showa (Taisho?) Era, but didn’t know if it was to do with finance or towns. I vaguely remembered the one-yen enterprise stuff, but I couldn’t track down more details with Google.

]]> By: Joe http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5020 Joe Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:48:40 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5020 "Great merger" refers to the merger of local authorities to cut down on bureaucratic bloat, while "one-yen enterprises" refers to abolishing the capital requirement to start a company (you used to need 10 million yen in the bank in order to register a kabushiki kaisha--now you just need one yen.) They are both policies for which I will remember this administration as a pimpin' one. “Great merger” refers to the merger of local authorities to cut down on bureaucratic bloat, while “one-yen enterprises” refers to abolishing the capital requirement to start a company (you used to need 10 million yen in the bank in order to register a kabushiki kaisha–now you just need one yen.)

They are both policies for which I will remember this administration as a pimpin’ one.

]]> By: Ken http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5004 Ken Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:38:32 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/09/08/koizumis-legacy-is-yasukuni-rather-than-reforms/#comment-5004 Connected to that poll and Koizumi's Yasukuni vists, you might find this podcast interesting: http://www.transpacificradio.com/category/seijigiri/ Connected to that poll and Koizumi’s Yasukuni vists, you might find this podcast interesting: http://www.transpacificradio.com/category/seijigiri/

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