December 16, 2005
Welcome to the fifth program in the Japan Considered Podcast series. Go to the Japan Considered Project website for more English language information on Japanese politics and diplomacy.
Today we consider the following topics:
Consequences for Japan of the ASEAN+3 and East Asian Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The effect on the Democratic Party of Japan of Party Leader Seiji Maehara's statements on Constitutional revision and China's military.
A tour of Professor Len Schoppa's "Japan Politics Central" website at the University of Virginia.
The Mizuho Securities Company stock sale error and subsequent economic crisis.
A few bars of Washington D.C. Dirty River Band's "Sweet Georgia Brown."
Here are a few links to institutions and individuals mentioned in today's program.
The Dirty River Band of Washington, D.C.
Drop me an e-mail at japanconsidered@gmail.com. I look forward to your comments and suggestions. And in the meantime, visit www.JapanConsidered.ORG.
This link takes you to the audio file for the fifth program.
