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How would you evaluate Naoto Kan's 14-month tenure as prime minister?

Have Your Say Aug. 27, 2011 - 06:51AM JST ( 14 )

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14 Comments

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WeaselAug. 27, 2011 - 01:24PM JST

A short term tour of duty?
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melguyAug. 27, 2011 - 07:36PM JST

Best prime minister Japan has had since Ikeda.
-5

tokyotomAug. 28, 2011 - 07:57AM JST

sucked
4

cleoAug. 28, 2011 - 08:14AM JST

Not long enough.
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oginomeAug. 28, 2011 - 08:19AM JST

Dignified, did the best he could. Imagine if Yukio Hatoyama had been in power when the tsunami struck? The world would have seen the incompetence of Japanese politics/bureaucracy in it's purest form.
-1

some14someAug. 28, 2011 - 09:13AM JST

Much better than Murayama who couldn't handle The Great Hanshin-Awaji' (most commonly known as Kobe earthquake).
-1

VirtuosoAug. 28, 2011 - 09:42AM JST

Japan really needs to get rid of its "okay, one year's up -- time for a new guy" system and rally around someone with staying power.
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GurukunAug. 29, 2011 - 11:07AM JST

Considering all the bickering by the one million different parties in the J-Gov, all the political attacks by different parties that make it difficult to agree on anything, I think he did what he could have done. Unless all the different parties can unite and follow one leader, the next PM is already doomed.
2

marcelitoAug. 31, 2011 - 12:12PM JST

Good guy cut down by the all powerful vested interests.
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chuckbelloAug. 31, 2011 - 01:00PM JST

Poor chap got a bad hand. He could have done better but he felt short regarding the crisis. I still ranking him 2nd after Koizumi.
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astrogaijinSep. 03, 2011 - 01:34AM JST

I thought it was fine. He could not have predicted the earthquake or tsunami so why put blame on him for mot acting as fast as others wanted so he could get a feel towards the whole gravity of the situation.
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Angus RofeSep. 04, 2011 - 06:51AM JST

Best PM Japan has had in ages made to serve in almost impossible conditions.
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zichiSep. 04, 2011 - 09:07AM JST

I thought his actions with the earthquake and tsunami were very good but with the nuclear disaster, appalling, even criminal. He withheld important info in those first days and hours. But I hold 50+ years of LDP governments responsible for the worse nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. I wonder what compensations they will be paying?
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Nicky WashidaSep. 04, 2011 - 05:15PM JST

In a word - straightjacketed. He tried to fight for the little peopl but the bigwigs making a lot of personal wealth from the status quo were never going to allow that to happen.