Obuchi

They just remember Hoover instead of Keizo Obuchi.

Matthew Yglesias » Japan’s 20 Years in the Dolrums Highlights Need for Effective Recovery Policies 2009

(Illustration by Yusuke Obuchi, scanned from 306090 03.)

Airborne-Diving in the Southern Ocean 2007

(Illustration by Yusuke Obuchi, scanned from 306090 03.)

Archive 2007-05-01 2007

(Reference to Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who died the following week.)

Matthew Yglesias » What More Can I Say? 2007

Kato, who favored faster reform and less stimulus spending, accused Obuchi of administering "camphor injections" that give a false impression of economic recovery.

Rebel With A Cause 2008

Yet Obuchi turned conservative once the danger abated.

Rebel With A Cause 2008

The next and probably more important step the Obuchi government must take is an overhaul of Tokyo's crippled banking system.

More Woe From Asia 2008

A beaming Obuchi said the show of assertiveness demonstrated Japan's "determination to ensure its own security."

Tokyo's Smoking Guns 2008

Edward Young, who watched a piece of steel scaffolding fall from a 48-story office tower in Times Square and crash through the roof of a hotel for the elderly poor, killing 85-year-old resident Thereza Feliconio "Obuchi has all the pizzazz of a cold pizza."

Perspectives 2008

While in office Obuchi signed off on about $400 billion in emergency spending -- most of it for the construction sector, a traditional LDP special interest.

Rebel With A Cause 2008