http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/03/expectations-for-japan/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/03/expectations-for-japan/#comment-52107 Garrett Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:53:05 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/03/expectations-for-japan/#comment-52107 Well, former PM Abe talked a lot about #5. Didn't have an actual plan,but talked about it. Some of the other gets lip service, but no real action. What's telling is that "A country that refuels the Pakistani Navy in indirect support of the reconstruction element of ISAF operations in Afghanistan" isn't even on the list even though the LDP, which claims to listen to the people, is putting most of its efforts into that, which I guess means we're no closer to #8. Well, former PM Abe talked a lot about #5. Didn’t have an actual plan,but talked about it. Some of the other gets lip service, but no real action.
What’s telling is that “A country that refuels the Pakistani Navy in indirect support of the reconstruction element of ISAF operations in Afghanistan” isn’t even on the list even though the LDP, which claims to listen to the people, is putting most of its efforts into that, which I guess means we’re no closer to #8.

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/03/expectations-for-japan/#comment-50522 Candadai Tirumalai Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:56:38 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/03/expectations-for-japan/#comment-50522 Fifteen years ago I met a Japanese academic who seldom left the country even though her research would have gained from trips abroad so long as her elderly parents were living. She felt a stong responsibility to them. But I have read that relations between the generations have been shifting in Japan. In this context good pensions for the old may be particularly significant. Fifteen years ago I met a Japanese academic who seldom left the country even though her research would have gained from trips abroad so long as her elderly parents were living. She felt a stong responsibility to them. But I have read that relations between the generations have been shifting in Japan. In this context good pensions for the old may be particularly significant.

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