Japan's Zombie Politics
-A Tragedy in Four Parts- by Hajime FujiwaraI want to introduce this book to those who haven't heard about it yet. Hajime Fujiwara wrote Japan's Zombie Politics.
In Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr made a point in examining everything that has gone wrong with Japan, from corrupted bureaucracy to rigid education, to ecological destruction and sterilization of the Japanese culture.
Yet, it's still quite difficult to understand why it must go so bad & wrong and what Japanese people should do to solve those meta-problems
they are confronting for long years.
But Hajime Fujiwara did a splendid job in this Japan's Zombie Politics.
I believe it's a must-read for anyone interested in Japanese politics, economic problems, society and mentality in general. It's both enlightening and shocking indeed.
Spotlight Reviews
Though Japan still has the world's number-two economy, the Rising Sun is setting because of political incompetence and corruption. Japanese politics today is controlled by zombies.
The Liberal Democratic Party, which did whatever it wanted in its fifty-year monopoly on Japanese politics, was in its last throes at the end of the twentieth century. But with the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro and his zombie cohorts in 2001, this party has come back from the dead. Since then, darkness reminiscent of Walpurgis Night has crept over Japan. Japan's national debt has reached nearly a trillion dollars while zombies have simultaneously protected vested interests and failed to make necessary reforms. Zombies have also misled the Japanese people about their shady pasts.
It would be bad enough if Koizumi were an isolated case. Unfortunately, he is just one of modern Japan's many zombie politicians. Koizumi, whose own family parallels the rise and fall of modern Japan, is a copycat of the ultra-nationalistic Kishi administration (1957-1960). Under Koizumi and his likely zombie successors, Japan is showing ominous signs of neo-fascism.
This book reads like a novel. But it is far more interesting. It is a true documentary and the first full behind-the-scenes story of modern Japan's political circles. No journalist to date has written this hidden story of Japan's political secrets.
It is difficult to understand and diagnose modern Japan's maladies. We need a broad viewpoint of civilization from a bystander's vantage point along with Dr Fujiwara's psychological, pathological, and historical insights.
About the author
Born in Tokyo, Hajime (Jim) Fujiwara received a Doctorate in Structural Geology from France's University of Grenoble. After multinational oil corporation experiences around the world, he founded several U.S. oil companies. He now resides in Palm Springs, California.
Dr Fujiwara is an internationally renowned political commentator with expertise interpreting the power of economy and civilization. He is also a frequent contributor to many important journals in Japan. He is the author of more than forty books on subjects, including international oil politics, global political economy, the structure of the universe, and civilization history. Many of his books were awarded best sellers in the politics category.
About the book
Introduction - A Nation of Zombies, Contents and Afterthoughts;
"Japan's Zombie Politics" is first published in Japan in Oct.2005 and became one of the best sellers in Japan, and now it is going beyond 5th printing.
Owing to its deep insight & astonishing information on the real problems behindツ the political framework of Japan today, JZP is also translated & published into the Korean language in this year, and the long-awaited English edition has publishedツ by Creation Culture Co ltd. in Taiwan, Aug. 2006.
But, this is also the case that most small English book publishers in Asia countries have great faculties in promoting their books in the US, EU,and Japan. And in most cases, you can not find this the sort of publisher's books on Amazon.com, nor you can find them on the shelves of prominent bookstores.