Japan: Divided & Conquerable

In other circumstances, Japan's Premier Eisaku Sato might well feel a sense of panic. There is great pressure on him to call general elections next month—at a time when his own party is beclouded in "black mists" of scandal and split by factional rivalries. But Sato seems unworried. The reason is that the main opposition party is in even worse shape than his Liberal Democrats.

In today's affluent Japan, the Socialists have had little success with their doctrinaire, Peking-lining appeals. They failed last year to block the treaty that normalized relations with Korea....

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