Astonishing Information of Sudden Surfacing of Former Prime Minister Hosokawa Likely to Overturn “Ascendant of Masuzoe”
in Tokyo Gubernatorial Election
- Interesting Development to Make it Possible to Change Trend at Once –
This seems to be an interesting development. Since the group to promote nuclear power generation seems to keep an eye on the abolishment of nuclear power generation which is likely to become a point at issue in Tokyo gubernatorial election. If former Prime Minister Hosokawa runs for the election, it would exert an enormous impact on it. My investigation shows that he has a prospect of receiving funding because former Prime Minister Koizumi has met influential figures behind the scenes many times. Changes in trend might be made at once.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
January
5, 2014
English translation of a Japanese article: Nikkan Gendai – January 4, 2014 –
Sudden
Surfacing of Former Prime Minister Hosokawa Likely to Overturn “Ascendant of
Masuzoe” in Tokyo Gubernatorial Election
(c) Nikkan Gendai
Tokyo gubernatorial election will be
announced on January 23 and the voting date will be determined on February
9. Each political party will start
full-fledged nomination for governor from 6, the first work day of the
year. The LDP
has conducted a public opinion poll twice, either of which shows former
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Yoichi Masuzoe, 65, as the top candidate.
“I hear that in the first public opinion
poll conducted before Christmas last year, which list 13 candidates, Mr. Masuzoe, Mr. Ikegami, a journalist, and Mr.
Higashikokubaru had an approval rating of 17%, 12% and 7% respectively,
and in the second poll, which was conducted the
following week with candidates pared down to four or five, Mr. Msuzoe was an incomparably greater candidate.” (A person involved in LDP)
Since the New Komei
Party with a coalition to LDP accepts Masuzoe, it appears that backup of
Masuzoe will be determined soon only if he can meet the condition set out by
the Metropolitan LDP Union that he establish after solving the feud with the
LDP.
Since the
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has also publicly stated “Mr. Masuzoe meets the
criteria,” he can accept the ‘endorsement of the LDP, New Komei and
DPJ.’
Mr. Kenji Utsnomiya, the former
head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, 67, who has already decided
to run for the election, is likely to be supported by the Japanese Communist Party and Social
Democratic Party. It is likely
that the Metropolitan gubernatorial election will cast a chill over voters with
the predictable outcome of the election between Masuzoe vs. Utsunomiya even
before the election.
Backup
of Former Prime Minister Koizumi with Abolishment of Nuclear Power Generation
However, “astounding information” which
crushes this futile election system is whispering in Nagata-cho.
“As part of public
promotion to abolish nuclear power generation, former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa,
75, might run for the election. Information
that former Prime Minister Koizumi sands at the shadow
of him has spread, too. If Mr. Koizumi
supports Mr. Hosokawa, who shares the same idea of zero nuclear power
generation with Mr. Koizumi, it will cause feverish excitement with Mr. Masuzoe
blown up. Mr. Hosokawa has
administrative career as former Kumamoto Governor and is such an
internationally high-profile figure that he can serve as a symbol of the
Olympic Games.” (An experienced
secretary)
Although Mr. Hosokawa has spent the last
decade living in quiet retirement, he has returned to
center stage of politics after the nuclear power plant accident by encouraging
former Prime Minister Noda to break with nuclear power generation as his mentor
or meeting with Koizumi. On the
New Year’s Eve, the newspapers carried a full-page
advertisement with a photograph of his face, which is for a promotion campaign,
in which he serves as director, to construct forest breakwater in the afflicted
areas. He accepted a New Year’s interview
to Jiji Press.
“It is premature to determine that Mr.
Masuzoe will be a certain winner. There
is the law of “atodashi janken” – waiting
the opponent’s move before playing the scissors-stone-paper game – in the
Metropolitan gubernatorial election. If
an influential candidate runs for the election immediately before the
announcement, it is likely that the person will win the game far beyond
expectation. Additionally, it the
candidate plans to fight over one issue of “abolishment of nuclear power
generation,” it is likely that he will agree on the issue with Mr. Utsunomiya.” (Mr. Tetsuo Suzuki, political journalist)
We suspect that the
office of Prime Minister Abe, which keeps watch on the possibility that
abolishment of nuclear power generation will become a point of issue, is in a
panic now.