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Who rules Japan, the emperor or the shogun? That question vexed
America when it first sought to trade with Japan in the 1850s.
Today, China has no doubts. The answer is the “shadow shogun”,
Ichiro Ozawa, a master manipulator who secured an historic victory
for the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in August elections.
In the past week Mr Ozawa has hogged the limelight on two occasions
to convince China - and remind Japan - who is the boss. On December
10th he led what looked like a modern-day version of a medieval
tribute visit, flying 645 people, including 143 DPJ members of
parliament, to Beijing. They filled five aeroplanes.
A day later, Japanese nationalists were outraged to learn that their
emperor, Akihito, had been forced, apparently under indirect pressure
from Mr Ozawa, to grant an exceptional audience to Xi Jinping, China’s
vice president. Normally, protocol requires 30 days’ notice before
a meeting with the ailing 75-year-old emperor. On this occasion it
was offered with only a few days’ warning. Flag-waving protesters
denounced what they saw as Mr Ozawa’s “treacherous” misuse of
the emperor and railed against the DPJ’s overtures to China.
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