Re: Murayama

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

Politically, it is "sengoku jidai" the age of provincial wars, in Japan.
Any alliance is possible. Any body could grab the "ten-ka" or under the
sky. I predict Yohei Kohno, the head of LDP, and Takahiro Yokomichi, the
Governor of Hokkaido, who used to be the crown prince of SDP which used to
be called JSP.
(LDP stands for Liberal Democratic Party. SDP stands for Socialist
Democratic Party. JSP stands for Japan Socialist Party.) Both party has
both liberal and conservative groups within. Both Kohno and Yokomichi
represent liberal groups of respective parties.

Speaking of such, it is a different story in Sumo. If they are healthy, it
will be between Akebono and Takanohana. This could be called Ake-Taka Jidai
by future sumologists (?).

Related to grabbing the tenka, Akebono used to use a Chinese letter for his
name without "ten" or a dot until he became Ozeki. When he became Ozeki,
Azumazeki Oyakata allowed Akebono to use a Chinese character with a dot and
completed the letter "Akebono" or "dawn". The meaning of this is to give
Akebono a motivation to grab the ten-ka or to be the best under the sky.
"Ten" means sky or heaven, and also (with different Chinese character) a
dot. To grab and to take out could be expressed with the same
pronouncisation of "toru" in Japanese.

                
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-Masumi

>I was going to guess Murayama would be the next prime minister, but only
>as a joke.  What a surprise! Akebono is out, and Murayama is in.
>Seelye Martin

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