The luckiest man in Japan. (Toshiki Kaifu)

The Economist (US) | September 28, 1991 | Copyright

THE ONCE unthinkable is about to happen in Japan. Toshiki Kaifu, the mildly bungling backbencher who was plucked from obscurity two years ago to act as a stopgap prime minister, is almost certain to get a second term. Mr Kaifu's stint as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-and thus prime minister-comes to an end in late October. He looks like being made president for another year. That would put him among Japan's longest-serving prime ministers in recent years.

Few people thought Mr Kaifu would last even a few months, let alone a two-year term, before ...

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