'The day the dragon fell' - LDP

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Japan: The day the dragon fell
2003 Asia Times Online / Aug 13
A turbulent decade has now elapsed... August 9, 1993, the crusading Morihiro Hosokawa became Japan's 35th prime minister and the nation's first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader in 38 years....Traditionally, a Japanese premier was meant to combine the vagueness of the Delphi oracle with the charisma of a door-to-door shoe salesman. Both Hosokawa and Koizumi have forever altered this image and in the process greatly enhanced Japan's global profile.