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Ando Kazutaka

LILTDY 2014’s class

PR.Ken Enochs

12 Feb 2015

Yoshida’s leadership is needed today

‘‘Idiots. ’’ The word is said to a politician in the Diet by Shigeru Yoshida. He governed as Prime minister during the eight years after World War Ⅱ(1946-1947,1948-1954) . He might said same word to recent Japanese leaders, because he put up with the Interference from GHQ and built the base of postwar Japan so that he expected future Japanese leaders to create brand new Japan. However, recent leaders fall short of his expectations.

After 3.11, Japanese people needed leaders , but the person who is admitted as the ‘‘actual’’ leaders, don’t appear yet. There are so many arguments about what happens to the situation that creates ‘‘actual leaders’’ among the times after Yosida. One of the most impressive idea is that, being after the Cold war when one president have the absolute power to decide every little thing, the power that leaders had at once are comparatively weakened and people have more initiative to do their things. In other words, the people gradually become individualists and don’t care about the whole of Japan. That was shown from the fact that voter turnout of House of Representatives previous election was the worst since after WWⅡ.  Then, political leaders of today would do well to learn from the leadership skill of shigeru Yoshida if they are to inspire voters and lead the people in Japan.