How Japan’s Postal Service Got $3 Trillion on Slate was a good article to explain why the prime minister Koizumi want Postal Service divided and privatized. Japundit’s article and The Open End’s one are also nice. But these lack to mention the true reason why many diet members are against.
Japan’s Postal Service has been a enormous vote-gathering machine for LDP, the ruling party who have controled the country for almost 50 years. And one who controls the Postal Service has strong domination over LDP. For decades Hashimoto faction dominated it. After Koizumi became the prime minister, the flame of the long personal fued between Hashimoto and Koizumi engulfed the LDP. Koizumi want to disintegrate the vote-gathering machine and weaken Hashimoto faction. Naturally diet members resists, do they?
