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February 24, 2006. Volume 02, Number 08Thanks
for tuning in again this week. Today we'll focus primarily on the
fall-out from the Nagata E-Mail flap we discussed preliminarily last
week. There are more details available. And we'll consider the hows,
whys, and implications of this extraordinary political event.Following
that I take you on a short audio web tour of the English language site
of the Lower House of Japan's Parliament, or Diet. I'll show you an
easy way to get to the site, and introduce some of its more useful
features. Not the least of those is the video library maintained by the
site. Here we can view streaming video of the more important committee
hearings and plenary sessions. A very useful experience for those
interested in learning more about Japan's domestic politics. Even for
those who don't understand everything being said in Japanese.We
close out the program, as usual, with a short clip of bluegrass music.
This week we have a few bars of Tony Rice performing "John Wilkes
Booth" from his 1992 Rounder album, "Native American."Here are a few links to individuals and organizations mentioned on today's program.The Democratic Party of JapanWebsite of DPJ Member, Hisayasu Nagata [only in Japanese]The Liberal Democratic PartyRounder RecordsThe Japan Considered Project |