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February 6, 2009

Bold reformer or backroom fixer? Daniel Sneider comments on Japan's opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa

in the news: Forbes.com/Reuters on February 4, 2009

Old-style backroom fixer or committed reformer who can shake up Japan's paralyzed politics? Daniel Sneider: "[Ichiro Ozawa] wanted to end the monopoly of the LDP, create a more competitive political system, and take the power out of the hands of the bureaucrats." Read more »