James Huang Eto's Gone. So What? Japan's Political Decay Plays On So, Taku Eto, the Agriculture Minister of "I never buy rice, supporters send too much" infamy, has been shown the door. Word is Shinjiro Koizumi, son of a former PM, is stepping in. The headlines duti... Japan Japanese Belief Political Disruption Politics
James Huang The Price of Disconnection: More Than Just Rice TL;DR A recent political gaffe in Japan, where a minister (Taku Etō) seemed out of touch with public struggles over rising rice prices, highlights a timeless problem: the danger of disconnect between ... Japan Political Disruption Politics
