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policy-coordination between the LDP and Komeito
, Lower House member
Toyama Kiyohiko (personal communication August 2009) explained. As a
result, the LDP-led government had been lessening its dependence on policies
primarily laid out by bureaucrats, something that was to be a central theme in
the 2009 election.
Yet, it was clearly
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not all or nothing
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, Toyama explained;
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we got some gains
from the LDP and they also got some from us, and that
s part of the usual
deal between two parties forming a coalition. We cannot have everything we
want
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(ibid.). Some people see this more negatively. Within the Soka Gakkai
membership perhaps as many as 10%
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s
decision to join in a coalition with the LDP. Yet compared to the beginning
of the coalition, many supporters think that within the coalition framework,
while policies appeared in a compromised form, at least many have materi-
alised. A clear tension exists between ideals and reality. How this plays out
with the inevitable compromises made, we shall explore in the following
chapters.
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20% remained critical of Komeito
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