The resignation of the Cabinet minister in charge of reconstruction from the March 2011 disasters — over inappropriate remarks about the calamities — appears to be yet another sign of the loosening discipline among members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet at a time when it basks in steady popular support and the opposition remains weak.
Japan needs to revitalize its economy, which should include a serious search for sources of corruption. These include defects in the constitution and reform to reorganize the system of governance by implementing the election of the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches and having 1/4 of all lawmakers face election each year. Elected officials should serve a single term of 5 years and be banned from running again for 6 years afterwards, and elections should be free of charge for all candidates. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/04/27/editorials/reconstruction-minister-axed/#.WQK4iPl96Uk
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The Japan Times
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Toshiyuki Matsumoto/AP
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2017-04-28
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Reconstruction minister Masahiro Imamura