Japan - In Japan Sunday's election, both candidates for prime minister are the exercise of a battle in the family which started in the 1950s when their grandfathers were premiers. The policy shock blue bloo
ds - holder Taro Aso and his rival Yukio Hatoyama - sheds light on the rich and powerful clans of Japan that dominated, and some say smothered policy after the war. Approximately one third of parliamentarians from Japan are hereditary politicians - often derided as "Botchan" or "babies from affluent families - who inherited their districts and agencies to raise funds from a relative, usually their father. In many areas, politics as a family business that has severely hampered the ability of fresh blood - ask Katsuhito Yokokume, a 27-year-old opposition candidate Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Yokokume, a lawyer and the son of a truck driver, has campaigned hard in Yokosuka, a port city south of Tokyo, hoping to wrest the seat of Aso's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the elections 30 August. But even with the DPJ leading in national polls, Yokokume - which crosses riding his bicycle and discussions with Day Railway commuters by day - admits he has been fighting an uphill battle.
ds - holder Taro Aso and his rival Yukio Hatoyama - sheds light on the rich and powerful clans of Japan that dominated, and some say smothered policy after the war. Approximately one third of parliamentarians from Japan are hereditary politicians - often derided as "Botchan" or "babies from affluent families - who inherited their districts and agencies to raise funds from a relative, usually their father. In many areas, politics as a family business that has severely hampered the ability of fresh blood - ask Katsuhito Yokokume, a 27-year-old opposition candidate Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Yokokume, a lawyer and the son of a truck driver, has campaigned hard in Yokosuka, a port city south of Tokyo, hoping to wrest the seat of Aso's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the elections 30 August. But even with the DPJ leading in national polls, Yokokume - which crosses riding his bicycle and discussions with Day Railway commuters by day - admits he has been fighting an uphill battle.For more details visit as: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqkZoPfFihVc_VsL4-e3qFp3w7Zg
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