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- From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
- Subject: Re: America doesn't have a clue: (was DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.011051.23413@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Stanford University CSLI
- References: <1992Dec28.170620.2157@island.COM> <1992Dec28.190946.12722@netcom.com> <1992Dec29.164957.2067@island.COM>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:10:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.164957.2067@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
- >Tanaka, became BY FAR the most powerful man in Japan even AFTER while time in
- >jail (the "shadow Prime Minister") which continued until he suffered a stroke
- >in 1985. He was not, seemingly, too severely punished for taking a bribe from
- >a foreign company. And BTW, Tanaka NEVER acknowledged he was wrong.
-
- "In jail" means in custody.
- And the trial is still in the appeal court (supreme court).
- The lower two courts ruled Tanaka guilty.
- But even if so, he would serve about a 4-year sentence at most.
- During that (and a certain following) period, he would be deprived of
- all electoral rights. But rumor says that had he not appealed and
- served the sentence as a "sanctioning period"; he would have long
- since revived as an ever powerful figure :-<
- In reality, he has maintained his parliament seat, surviving several
- elections (some of them with a landslide). This reflects the loyal
- attitude of his electoral district (Niigata 3-ku) towards him;
- which IMO is disgraceful -- ever more so since his current health
- condition inhibits him from serving any public service (be it good
- or bad).
-
- >His legacy still lived on in a) the mess of the current LDP b) the failure to
- >this day to open the second runway in Narita c) the ever increasing role of
- >money in Japanese politics d) his hand-picking of the next few Prime Minister's
-
- I'm not sure of his affluence in b) -- agreed with the others.
-
- -Yuzuru Hiraga
-