Emotion and Reason – The Memoirs of Masaharu Goto (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Masaharu Goto
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is divided into two volumes to explore the interplay of emotion and reason. The main content includes:
- Are they competitive or stubborn?
- True feelings about fate during military service
- The decline of human morality reflecting pessimism about Japan's future
- Striving for police organization and personnel reform
- Revolutions could erupt at any moment
- The power of politicians versus the power of bureaucracy
- How to leverage the role of police personnel
- The highest authorities feeling particularly isolated during high-profile incidents
- The political leadership style of the Tanaka Cabinet
- How people change after two elections
- The inner workings of the largest faction, the Tanaka Faction
- Politicians' fates determined by sudden decisions
- Learning from intense internal party struggles to achieve "harmonious politics"
- Until the day the cabinet was formed, the highest-ranking official still refused to accept the post of Chief Cabinet Secretary
- The difficulties of merging ministries
- The fierce battles over electoral and tax system reforms
- The flaws of vertical administration in handling emergencies
- The truth behind the split of the Tanaka Faction and the selection of the new president
- The waves of political reform and generational transitions
- Stances on deploying the Self-Defense Forces, the death penalty system, and prosecutorial appointments
- From the collapse of the Liberal Democratic Party's rule to the formation of a coalition government
- The most frightening thing is that reforms are abandoned halfway.