"Keeping in mind every day that
I receive warm encouragements and rebukes from people
of all walks of life, I would like to make a wise decision
on what I should do as a politician,"
-- Yoshiro Mori, Prime Minister of Japan
IN-DEPTH:
The race for Japan's leadership
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The pressure on Mori to resign has been intense following
several recent "slips of the tongue" and other blunders,
including his continuation of a golf game after receiving
word of the collision between a U.S. Navy sub and a
Japanese fishing trawler.
There has also been dissatisfaction with the prime
minister because the nation's economy has shown no signs
of improvement. Consequently, his popularity dipped
to below 10 percent in many polls.
The election for party president on
April 24 is crucial in clinching waning public support
and regaining credibility for the Liberal Democratic
Party, marred by corruption scandals and the mishandling
of state affairs that led to the resignation of three
cabinet members, and finally Mori.
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