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▼晋三訪米。民主党政権で崩壊した米国との信頼関係の再構築と自画自賛だがエコノミスト誌的には辛辣。“Spin and substance - Should the United States be impressed by Shinzo Abe―or worried by him?” (Mar 2nd 2013)
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, congratulated himself after his first meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, on February 22nd. Back in Japan, politicians and the media lent their uncritical echoes to Mr Abe. They were delighted with his bold assertion that, in terms of its economic and diplomatic clout, “Japan is back”.
と嗤はれてゐるのは晋三だけぢゃなく政治家、マスコミつまり日本国民も。
Mr Abe’s approval ratings, according to recent opinion polls, are above 70%. That is astonishing compared with the dismal run of prime ministers who preceded him―and with Mr Abe’s disastrous first term as prime minister, in 2006-07.
と、さうなのだ、日本人の健忘症の結果が晋三支持。で、エコノミスト誌的には今回の晋三の日銀人事も下品な選択。
To stay popular and keep his party behind him, Mr Abe needs to reassure voters that the economy remains his highest priority. After his return from Washington, he pulled out some surprises. On February 28th the government nominated Haruhiko Kuroda, head of the Asian Development Bank, to be the next governor of the Bank of Japan. Both he and one of the two newly named deputy governors, Kikuo Iwata, are advocates of the “unlimited monetary easing” that Mr Abe favours in order for the country to hit a new inflation target of 2%. Their appointments are akin to a hostile takeover of the central bank, a conservative bastion that has long had mixed feelings about the merits of unorthodox monetary policies it pioneered.
でもね、結局のところ対中関係で
The prospect of an LDP victory, and Mr Abe’s control of both houses, may break a logjam in Japanese politics, enabling Mr Abe to promote deep-rooted structural reforms. But if it emboldens him to contemplate full-scale constitutional revision, or if he qualifies or even reverses Japanese acknowledgments of wartime atrocities, it will further worsen relations between Japan and China. That is what concerns the United States above all.
なんて憂ひもある。がアタシの見立てでは意外と晋三のやうな国粋主義は中国と対立も激しくならないのでは？といふ気がする、理由は書きづらいが。まぁいずれにせよ、ノーテンキな景気回復に踊る晋三と日本が嗤はれてゐる。
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21572795-should-united-states-be-impressed-shinzo-abeor-worried-him-spin-and-substance
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