The reform of Japan starts today. There is no tomorrow for the Koizumi LDP government, which spends all its time in internal power struggles.
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This country will not change without a change of government, ... I don't believe that the people are nave enough to accept the prime minister's assertion that foreign affairs and other issues will be resolved if the postal services are privatized.Katsuya Okada
If you make your voting decision based only on the postal privatization, it would mean (Koizumi) would exploit it and would say the public entrusted him with all other decisions as well.
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The fact that you, as secretary general of a political party, made remarks contrary to the fact in a forum such as a news conference can mislead the public and is very regrettable. I strongly protest and demand that (you) retract the remark and apologize.
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I did what I had to do, but it was frustrating that we were never really arguing on the same plane. I wanted to debate policy.
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We did not expect this. I don't think our policies were wrong, but we must reconsider our tactics.
Katsuya Okada
The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress,
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