Japan: What Hatoyama Has in Common with Roh Moo-hyun

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 11/09/09

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What Hatoyama Has in Common with Roh Moo-hyun

The steps the new Japanese government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has been taking are reminiscent of the early days of former President Roh Moo-hyun's administration, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Sunday.

The newspaper pointed out that the two administrations resemble each other most in foreign policy, and particularly in relations with the U.S. The Hatoyama administration has criticized ousted Liberal Democratic governments for being at Washington's beck and call and has been calling for a more equal relationship. That, the paper said, is strikingly similar to the Roh administration's pledge not to be shy about telling Washington what it thinks.

Also, Hatoyama's vision of an East Asian Community centered on South Korea, China and Japan is reminiscent of Roh's vision of Korea as a "balancer" for peace in Northeast Asia.

Roh drew political and ideological support from young Koreans and the labor unions while it toed a liberal policy line. Hatoyama is also seen as being essentially liberal. The economic policies of the two are also similar. Roh favored equal distribution over growth, while Hatoyama supports "households over businesses."

Prof. Yukiko Fukagawa of Waseday University was quoted as saying the two leaders were elected under similar circumstances. "The Roh Moo-hyun administration's support base came from the economically disenfranchised class of people who were created by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, while the Hatoyama administration resulted from the social friction caused by restructuring moves under the Junichiro Koizumi government," Fukagawa said.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Would Hatoyama whitewash former leftwing radicals and commies as democracy activists? That is what Roh did in S. Korea. They were even given reparations.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Is that the guy who jumped off a cliff?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, from the top of the huge granite rock called “Owl Rock.”
If Hatoyama were to do the same, his wife will ride in UFO and pick him up in mid-air. They will travel across galaxy in some three-mooned planet, living happily eve rafter.:-)

[Berlin_Freeper]

LoL no doubt!

[corkoman]

has criticized ousted Liberal Democratic governments for being at Washington's beck and call and has been calling for a more equal relationship.

Dopey editors! Its not beck and call you morons its BECKON CALL.

Jeez Louise are they hiring 13 year olds for this?

[Tainan]

Ahem....Beck and Call...just so ya know.

[corkoman]

Go to the corner and wear the cone of shame.

This kind of confusion is a function of the Wiki generation. Even WikiAnswers has it wrong.

Im thinkun its all about a government educashon.

[Tainan]

Not to worry...just don't confuse it with Call & Response music...or maybe you can use the difference to help remember.
I always liked 'calling cadence' in the military...a type of 'call & response' singing.

Good home page. I am in complete agreement. Seen it from the front lines and the wod hasn't, doesn't and never will work.
Legalize it, regulate it and tax the heck out it.
If nothing else it will take out the mutants from the gene pool....its terribly funky as it is.
(and not a good kind of funky)