ocr: INSIGHT Atits peak in1986, Democrats by day, " claims Kusakawa Shozo, theLDP factionled member of the centrist Komeito Party "But, come byTanaka Kakuei evening, they would go to an expensive Japanese boasted 140. Diet restaurant and shake hands." fifth members, of the nearly one- No strategy, though, could match the effective- representatives of ness of money. In1980 alone Kanemaru spent an bothHouses estimated US$13 million to keep the opposition parties tamed. One LDP member went as far as the Diet's frequent to claim, "Every time the Socialists halt the Diet Left-Right duel, wh- from passin ...
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