By SHINDO EiichiProfessor Emeritus of Tsukuba UniversityThe "manifesto campaign boom" shook the Japanese politics. Points in the political disputes are US-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) related with the agricultural policies and the Japanese future growth strategies. Both of them would influence seriously the Japanese local economies such as those in Hokkaido prefecture, "a kingdom of agricultural economy" which has been in serious recession. The nature of election campaign manifestos is indication...

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