Tuesday, September 18, 2007

 

Quote of Note: Joi Ito

"Mr. Abe tried to read the air but ended up following too much advice and yielding to the various centers of power and special interests to which his Liberal Democratic Party has owed its 50-year near monopoly. The result, unsurprisingly, was wishy-washy, ineffective policy."

Joi Ito in In Japan, Stagnation Wins Again, an Op-Ed in today's New York Times on the cultural and economic backstory behind Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation last week.

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