All change

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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who will stand down in September 2006, was the first Japanese prime minister since Nakasone in 1980s to show a style of leadership and engagement with the Japanese people, the media and also the US that suggested a change in political style. The result of the forthcoming leadership contest would decide whether Japan would slip back into the shadows as it did into the late 1980s, or whether it has really changed.

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Reinventing Japan

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Japan's reinvention reflects fundamental social convulsions, the scope of social malaise and looming problems that are driving changes in Japan. Civil society is under construction and it is premature either to dismiss the potential of the reforms or to expect that they are cure for all the ails in the nation.

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Robbed of dreams

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The role played by younger generations of Japanese in politics is discussed. The manner in which this role affects Japanese institutions and public policies are also discussed.

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