Did former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara fall or was he pushed concerning his resignation over the acceptance of a donation from a South Korean permanent resident of Japan?
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herefornow
Both. He was pushed due to the timing -- poor ratings for the Kan cabinet and the Ozawa mess is still hanging in the air. He fell because this is his second screw-up while he was a minister, after the earlier bogus email fiasco a couple of years back. He just seems a little bit sloppy with details.
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woundedsamurai1
Well if you wanted to change the current laws this would be the kind of set up you'd need to begin the process.
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woundedsamurai1
One for the team, perhaps?
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chotto
Compared to other J-Politicians, esecially from the LDP, he's squeeky-clean.
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Harry_Gatto
He was pushed and should have stood his ground over something relatively insignificant as this.
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atamant
Pushed, completely and absolutely.
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itshay
Man, I should of donated to Ishihara, maybe would of gotten rid of him years ago...
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Mittsu
Who cares? Not like he wasd doing a great job anyway. New oyaji will be juat as ineffective......
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atamant
Not really the point though, is it? He was tossed because of a small donation he knew nothing about. Toss him because he is not doing a great job - okay, toss him because someone gave a tiny bit of money = suspicious
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j4p4nFTW
Maehara broke the law. Just like in the US, Japanese politicians are not allowed to accept money from foreign nationals. Allowing this rule to be broken would open a floodgates.
I hope they press charges.
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wanderlust
Might make a few people wake up as to Japan's treatment of immigrants and special permanent residents, vis a vis the Zainichi Koreans, but then again, probably not.
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globalwatcher
Why does JT still care? This is a done deal. Move forward for something better.
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NeoJamal
We could put a poll tax on Zainichi Koreans who have rights to citizenship but don't exercrise it within a certain period after they qualify.
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NeoJamal
What a perfect excuse for Maehara to jump ship, how else can the Chief Mate get away from a sinking ship while the Master is at the helm without his peers seeing him being blatantly callous?
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WordStar
Any politician in this country forced out of a job due to a transaction of only six digits ought to be hounded out of politics for setting a bad precedent. Surely the figure should be set at a minimum of 10 million yen or else disregarded entirely.
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IfeelImust
The Foreign Minister takes a small donation from a foreigner what a laugh! Zeno phobia at it's worst, this guy was taken down perhaps because he was actually good at his job?
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