The Unhappy Warrior
Yasuo Fukuda never looked happy during his year as prime minister of Japan. Whenever he appeared on television, he usually had his face fixed in a grim mask. One gets the impression that his decision to resign was a kind of personal liberation.
Of course, Fukuda had a lot to feel grim about. The economy is tanking again, the government is deadlocked beca…
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