经济学人下载:无望的日本政治

Japan badly needs effective government. The clean-up from the tsunami and earthquake has been impressive. But rebuilding has yet to begin, because big and urgent decisions about what to rebuild where have yet to be taken. Mr Kan’s team hardly seems up to the job. But few believe a replacement would be much better.

日本迫切需要效率高的政府。海啸和地震的善后处理让民众记忆深刻。但是震后重建工作还未启动，因为政府还没有对怎么重建，在哪重建做出重大和迫切的决定。菅直人的政府似乎很难胜任这个工作。但几乎没有人认为换一批人能比他做的好。

Desperate to get rid of him, some of his colleagues are whispering of their own weapon of mass destruction: the collective resignation of the cabinet and DPJ hierarchy. That might do the trick in ousting Mr Kan. But it would not lift the contempt in which the political class is held.

菅直人的同僚们也迫切希望其下台，正在私下动用杀手锏：内阁与民主党层集体辞职。这或许会让菅直人下台。但是依然无法改变民众对政府的蔑视。