1.   Japanese politics are sui generis.

2.   An on-line forum on Japanese politics run by the University of Tokyo will not accept Japanese texts because the computers of many non-Japanese participants cannot display them.

3.   And many analysts said that the way that it did so bodes well for the future of Japanese politics.

4.   Banks are facing massive restructuring, and the crack-up of the Liberal Democratic Party requires a rebuilding of Japanese politics.

5.   But his victories over the past few days have brought a democratizing change to Japanese politics, providing a new channel for grass-roots dissatisfaction to express itself.

6.   But his victory in the primary round has brought a democratizing change to Japanese politics, providing a new channel for the expression of grass-roots dissatisfaction.

7.   But stability and effectiveness have hardly been the watchwords of Japanese politics of late.

8.   Father-son acts are anything but rare in Japanese politics.

9.   Foley is a longtime student of Japanese politics and culture.

10.   Hashimoto appealed in particular to Takako Doi, one of the few senior women in Japanese politics, who is the head of the Social Democratic Party.