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Japan's next PM is related to a samurai. AND an anime fan!

Sayonara, Shinzo Abe

You do not get more connected than Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, a leading candidate to be the next prime minister of Japan. He is the grandson of one prime minister -- Shigeru Yoshida, who negotiated the peace treaty ending World War II -- and the son-in-law of another, Zenko Suzuki. His father was close to Kakuei Tanaka, Japan's most powerful postwar prime minister, and his younger sister is married to the first cousin of Emperor Akihito.

And to top it all off, he is the great-great grandson of Okubo Toshimichi, one of the most fascinating figures in modern Japanese history. Okubo was a key leader of Japan's Meiji Reformation, which ended the 240-year rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and ushered in a period of rapid government-directed modernization. For industrial policy fans, the Meiji Reformation sets the gold standard.

Comments

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

Call me geeky, but that's cool. And he's a really is an otaku!

Actually, I am kinda glad that Shinzo Abe stepped down. Some of his statements and attitudes made me a little nervous.

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

Did you see this: Political speculation spurs rise in nerd-hobby stocks?

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, there was a linkie on the Salon article. Pretty darned cool, I think.