tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post2161058545906970558..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Ron Paul's "Cousin" Wins in Japan! Political Good Old Boys Get Trounced in Osaka Election!mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-74888943598693590212011-11-28T17:15:47.911+09:002011-11-28T17:15:47.911+09:00Thanks Mike. For some reason, when I read your pos...Thanks Mike. For some reason, when I read your post, I thought of Bush creating the Dept. of Homeland Security to combine all these disparate, inefficient departments that unnecessarily duplicated each others' work. :)Boonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-20126740394934189942011-11-28T16:22:12.532+09:002011-11-28T16:22:12.532+09:00Oh, by the way,...
"Fu" and "Ken&q...Oh, by the way,...<br /><br />"Fu" and "Ken" comes from Tokugawa Bakufu and means local "tent government." <br />Up until 1943, Tokyo was called Tokyo Fu and Tokyo shi (two areas of Tokyo). In 1943 they were incorporated and became Tokyo "To". "To" means metropolis. This was, as I explained, when the entire seat of law and power in Japan was centralized in Tokyo in order to try to win the war.<br /><br />Anyhow, hope my understanding of this is correct. and I hope this helps.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-25398290508058396102011-11-28T16:14:42.826+09:002011-11-28T16:14:42.826+09:00Thanks Boo,
What Hashimoto wants to do is to cut d...Thanks Boo,<br />What Hashimoto wants to do is to cut down the government offices in approximately half. Meaning that, as in the example I gave, there would not be two government run water processing plants serving the same area. Just one. .. No, I don't think Tokyo's system is minimal, but it is much better than Osaka's.<br />Unfortunately, I didn't want to douse positive news with negative opinions.<br />I reckon, I should clarify more. Here is a reply I worte to my friend Mish Shedlock when he asked me "What will happen next?" I answered: <br /><br />"What happens next? Good question.<br /><br />Hashimoto has 4 years to enact the reforms he wants to do. Now, if you are a cynic and have lost all faith in the political process (like me) then you will say it is impossible for him to accomplish this mission unless he finds some way around the rules and becomes a dictator. I doubt that Mayor of Osaka has the power to overturn the law. A lot of what he wants to do will have to do with changing entrenched ways of doing things over these last 60 years, but will also have to do with changing laws.<br /><br />This is a long story, before WWII, Osaka (and other areas) had their own laws (like States do in the USA). When the war broke out, it became basically "Tokyo" versus the USA and England. The entire structure of government power and law making came to reside in Tokyo. For this reason, I don't think that a mayor in Osaka has the power to change the law. Japan has a unitary system of government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Japan#Local_government<br /><br />so, even if Hashimoto wanted to, in many areas, he'd have to convince Tokyo to change laws for Osaka... Another battle with the Good Old Boys? <br /><br />Probably. It would take a hell of a lot for him to win that battle."<br /><br />What Hahsimoto ssn wants to do is to strip down the government and return many duties to local authorities. Can he do it? I'm not sure.<br /><br />Thanks, Boo!<br /><br />-Mikemike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-3863652289938816882011-11-28T14:04:45.058+09:002011-11-28T14:04:45.058+09:00Sorry, I don't get it. The article you quoted ...Sorry, I don't get it. The article you quoted said he would "establish an Osaka metropolis with an administrative structure similar to Tokyo's", and this is somehow "tearing down the massive Leviathan"?<br /><br />Do you think Tokyo's administrative structure is minimal? While it makes sense to separate Tokyo from surrounding prefectures, I don't think "small government" is one of the advantages. <br /><br />I don't follow city governments though. Can you tell me how a 府 is somehow fundamentally more inefficient than a 都 in terms of governance?Boonoreply@blogger.com