Once the Showa Emperor proclaimed that he was no longer divine, somebody had to run the country after the Gaijin Shogun MacArthur left to fight the North Koreans. A discussion of parliamentary democracy in Japan, the major parties, Article 9, and the role of mah-jongg in international diplomacy. (Just kidding about that last part.) Plus, the return of Shinzo Abe: Is Japan about to cowboy up and throw Article 9 in the dustbin of history?
