There is a bit about it in The Economist this week, but I haven't seen much in the U.S. press. We're too focused on the size of Jessica's butt and whether Jen still loves Brad and what the two Parises are doing with their dogs.
>So there's been a minor tussle recently in Japan's government. It's a >little thing, revamping the postal system, that sort of blossomed into >something that is threatening the sitting party, has seen Prime >Minister Koizumi dissolve the House of Representatives, and apparently >caused one politician to commit suicide. > >The intersting thing to me isn't the politics itself. It's that it >made nary a blip on our media. In the US we are inundated with >political infighting, and from what I occasionally see in the foreign >media it spills over to other countries too. But we hear >diddley-bupkiss in the headlines here about a political situation in >Japan that could be a major power shift. > >So why is that? Is it that we're so focused on ourselves that we don't >have time for other country's issues unless we're going to war with >them? Is Japan not really a significant world power? > >It's just curiosity.. I've just recently been reading blogs and news >from Japan and I've been feeling a disconnect in what I read there and >what I read in US news and see in all the debating here. It really is >like it's a world apart. > >-Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169778 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
