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Kan says he plans to work toward making Japan less reliant on nuclear power

Politics Aug. 27, 2011 - 07:00AM JST ( 13 )

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Christina O'NeillAug. 27, 2011 - 09:07AM JST

Good for you Kan, stick with it, I have a feeling it may be a difficult path ahead of you, Noone ever fails whilst they keep on trying
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leonidas_rmsAug. 27, 2011 - 09:18AM JST

Excellent Kan!! Keep it up!! We kow you tried to do your best ...
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Yasuaki SakaiAug. 27, 2011 - 11:32AM JST

I'm sick and tired of DPJ.
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warnerbroAug. 27, 2011 - 11:55AM JST

TEPCO and the bureaucracy have won. Business as usual from here on.
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ExportExpertAug. 27, 2011 - 12:03PM JST

Kan make sure you pull the plug out of the wall before you leave
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amerijapAug. 27, 2011 - 01:00PM JST

The grass is always greener on the other side of Uncle Kan’s Cabin.

The strawberries taken from the field are named KAN-cle berry. It was popular once before, but many people began to lose the interest in it, and eventually threw them away to the contaminated soil. Why? Is it because *KAN-cle berry *generally tastes sour, but people believed it would work well to reduce the cesium level?
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AsagaoAug. 27, 2011 - 03:54PM JST

The loser quit after making things worse. His only option apart from exploiting people's fear is "Hello Work". So, he bought 5 books and now he is an expert.
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gachapinAug. 27, 2011 - 06:21PM JST

Kan the anti-Nuclear activist. He should have quit politics years ago and done that instead of squandering Minshuto's historic control of both the lower and upper house. Japan's one chance for a vibrant two-party system destroyed.
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marcelitoAug. 28, 2011 - 01:19AM JST

Japan,s chance was not destroyed by Kan but by the self -serving, selfish leeches from both LDP and DPJ who should have supported and co-operated with their PM at the time of unprecedented national crisis but chose not to. I believe Kan tried the best he could under difficult circumstances and was hampered every step of the way by those ever bickering, small minded dinosaurs.

I for one hope Kan takes a vacation, recharges the batteries and comes back to continue his fight against the corrupt nuclear village.
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Alex80Aug. 28, 2011 - 07:34AM JST

@marcelito: I liked your post. :)
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marcelitoAug. 28, 2011 - 01:25PM JST

Grazie Alex :)
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gachapinAug. 30, 2011 - 05:21PM JST

Japan,s chance was not destroyed by Kan but by the self -serving, selfish leeches from both LDP and DPJ who should have supported and co-operated with their PM at the time of unprecedented national crisis but chose not to

What is this, the Boy Scouts? Only in wartime or in Hollywood movies do politics resemble "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". It's consensus building, compromise, and the fortitude to go it alone when the opposition rightly (in their view) opposes you. Bipartisanship is a fantasy. If Kan had not blown DPJ's control of the upper house with his regressive sales tax stupidity, he'd only have truculent ministry officials to slay.
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gachapinAug. 30, 2011 - 05:31PM JST

Also, I'm not a Japanese Constitutional scholar, but Article 59 looks interesting:

Article 59: A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided for by the Constitution. 2) A bill, which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a second time by the House of Representatives by a majority of two-thirds or more of the members present. 3) The provision of the preceding paragraph does not preclude the House of Representatives from calling for the meeting of a joint committee of both Houses, provided for by law. 4) Failure by the House of Councillors to take final action within sixty(60) days after receipt of a bill passed by the House of Representatives, time in recess excepted, may be determined by the House of Representatives to constitute a rejection of the said bill by the House of Councillors.

Looking at the current composition of the Diet, without Jiminto or Komeito the DPJ could scrape enough votes together to push through legislation under subarticle 2.