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		<title>Time for a &#8220;death pool&#8221; on the DPJ?</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/time-for-a-death-pool-on-the-dpj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you come here for the foreign policy content I have a post on the &#8216;Three Principles of Arms Exports&#8217; over at Japan Security Watch. They have, for those that are interested, changed. Here is a summary of the statement &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/time-for-a-death-pool-on-the-dpj/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=821&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All on track for Hashimoto?</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/all-on-track-for-hashimoto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 1pm today the voting participation rate in the Osaka City mayoral election was a full six percentage points up on the equivalent time in the last election, at 23.94% of eligible voters. (ja) One would assume this bodes well &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/all-on-track-for-hashimoto/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=810&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kamei Shizuka and the knife-edge of WTF?</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/kamei-shizuka-and-the-knife-edge-of-wtf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese domestic politics 2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kamei Shizuka&#8217;s proposal to create a third &#8220;pole&#8221; in Japanese politics, as so many have tried over the last few years, should be praised &#8211; if he can gather enough of the fossilized political retro-conservative retreads into one party then &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/kamei-shizuka-and-the-knife-edge-of-wtf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=808&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The TPP and Japan&#8217;s Geopolitical Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I have lamented that the discussion over the TPP in Japan was focused on slightly bizarre and narrow conceptions of the debate revolving around what the TPP will or will not do for the Japanese economy. In short, it &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/the-tpp-and-japans-geopolitical-environment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=792&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And then there were 12</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/and-then-there-were-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At risk of sounding like a broken record one of the under-appreciated aspects of the TPP is the fact it is a multilateral negotiation that sits somewhere between the seemingly hopeless WTO negotiations and the more familiar bilateral negotiation. That &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/and-then-there-were-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=790&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Noda stays patient and measured amongst the noise</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/788/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last evening the Japanese PM announced that Japan would start conversations with countries involved in the TPP with a view to joining the negotiations. There is a tiny bit of wiggle room there should the world, or domestic politics, fall &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/788/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=788&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ad-hoc reflections on the meaning of the TPP</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/ad-hoc-reflections-on-the-meaning-of-the-tpp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one thing I&#8217;ve noticed since arriving in Japan and having reflected on the TV coverage of the TPP discussions and debate, is quite how earnest, and I would argue, over-earnest the debate really is in Japan, notwithstanding the potential &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/ad-hoc-reflections-on-the-meaning-of-the-tpp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=781&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Absence</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/absence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m madly making preparations for my upcoming PhD fieldwork in Japan, which is making a dent in blogging. As it should. There is also the small matter of my son turning five and his starting elementary school. As it is &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/absence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=778&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ozawa&#8217;s &#8220;soft&#8221; support base</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/ozawas-soft-support-base/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>σ1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It now appears that NHK has retracted their statement that Mabuchi and co. went for Noda&#8217;s group and in fact Mabuchi himself voted for Kaieda while seemingly the rest of his supporters voted as they wished. It also appears that &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/ozawas-soft-support-base/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=773&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Noda win speculative speculation and Japan&#8217;s first Cypriniforme Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/post-noda-win-speculative-speculation-and-japans-first-cypriniforme-prime-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First the known knowns:  215 votes to Noda, and 177 for Kaieda Banri in a run-off. Sengoku Yoshito, and of course one now Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko, emerges victorious over the forces of Ozawa and Kaieda Banri. Noda becomes the &#8230; <a href="http://sigma1.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/post-noda-win-speculative-speculation-and-japans-first-cypriniforme-prime-minister/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigma1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11676357&amp;post=765&amp;subd=sigma1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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