Japan’s New Model Political Leadership
Amid the horrifying news from Japan, new standards of political leadership there are easy to miss – in part because the country's media tell a very different story. But, compared to the Kobe earthquake of 1995, when the authorities appeared to wash their hands of the victims, the difference could hardly be greater.
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AMSTERDAM – Amid the horrifying news from Japan, the establishment of new standards of political leadership there is easy to miss – in part because the Japanese media follow old habits of automatically criticizing how officials are dealing with the calamity, and many foreign reporters who lack perspective simply copy that critical tone. But, compared to the aftermath of the catastrophic Kobe earthquake of 1995, when the authorities appeared to wash their hands of the victims’ miseries, the difference could hardly be greater.