Notes:
resign 辞職する
instability 不安定
riot (集団による)暴動，騒動
take it in stride 冷静に受け止める
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We have a new Prime Minister in Japan. In more than a few countries of the world, if the prime minister resigned, there would be political, economic, and/or social instability, but not in Japan. There was no major change in the yen exchange rate and no riots in the streets. People seemed to take it in stride, as if it was an everyday occurrence. While it certainly isn’t as common as that, Japan does tend to get a new PM quite often. In fact, since June 3, 1989, when Mr. Uno became PM for a little over two months, there have been 15. Can you name all of them? After Uno was Kaifu, then Miyazawa, Hosokawa, Hata, Murayama, Hashimoto, Obuchi, Mori, Koizumi, Abe, Fukuda, Aso, and Hatoyama. How long do you think Mr. Kan will be PM? Time will tell.(by Prof. Carmella Lieske）
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