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Taro Aso's Approval Rating Declines in Japan

”Taro Aso's Approval Rating Declines in Japan, Asahi Survey Says
By Tak Kumakura

Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's support declined as dissatisfaction increases over his government's response to the global financial crisis, the Asahi newspaper said.
His approval rating fell 4 percentage points to 37 percent, while his disapproval rating rose 3 points to 41 percent, according to the Asahi survey. ”

　ｂｙ　Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aKCoBW1QFXiA&refer=japan

麻生内閣の支持率低下は米国でも報道されてるんですね。日本に関する海外ニュースを実験的に載せてみました。

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Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto castle
The Chiba castle that the Kikuchi clan built in the 15th century is an origin.
Though Hideyoshi Toyotomi's vassal Sassa Narimasa became lords by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's Kyushu subjugation in the 16th century .
Narimasa disobeyed Hideyoshi's instruction and he suicide by disembowelment.
Afterwards, Kiyomasa Kato became a lord and it completed Kumamoto castle in 1606.
Hosokawa Tadatoshi who was the Kokura lord became the lord of 540,000 Koku in Higo, and it became a Kumamoto lord in 1632.
The castle did not fall though the attack of 50 days was received in the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, and a lot of buildings burnt down.
The majority of the building in a present castle is the rebuilt one, and the inside in the castle tower is a museum.