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Japan: Rewriting a leader’s narrative?
Just hours before the earthquake, Japan’s prime minister was staving off calls for his resignation over illegal campaign contributions. With approval ratings hovering around 20 percent, Prime Minister Natao Kan’s political fate seemed bleak. Then the quake and tsunami struck, and a country looked to him for leadership in the immediate aftermath. How likely is it that the horrific tragedy in Japan will rewrite Kan’s leadership narrative?
For Japan, looking to recent American history
If a leader fails in these essential tasks, a disaster response can evolve into a crisis of confidence from which it is almost impossible to recover...
In tragedy, saving the spirit of a people
In crisis like this there is no thought in leaders’ mind about their reputation, status, or historical legacy. The focus is...
The energy challenge for leadership
The ongoing disaster in Japan challenges Prime Minister Naoto Kan and also leaders in other countries to finally question their national energy policies.
Japan’s long-term challenge
How effectively Prime Minister Kan handles the nuclear plant issues will be the tipping point in his efforts to reverse his leadership narrative...
Rebuilding Japan’s self esteem
Even before the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, Japan was dealing with big problems–the controversy dogging the prime minister, and the harsh effects of an economy that has been sluggish for two decades...
A test for Japanese democracy
The challenge is not just to Kan, but to the entire system...
Guiding Japan through disaster
The government deserves praise for managing the crisis thus far, but the nuclear crisis may be more pragmatic...
Applying General Patton’s story to Japan’s prime minister
“What have you done for me lately?” The answer in the case of Prime Minister Kan may be...
Writing Japan’s next history
It is certainly difficult--if not insensitive--to discuss political matters in the wake of Japan's most crippling crisis since World War II. Yet if recent American history is any indication...
Body language during crisis
Whether you are the prime minister of Japan or a CEO, when it comes to communicating during a crisis, there are two sets of nonverbal signals that are especially important...
Redefining Japan’s prime minister
Accepting aid, although unprecedented for Japan, is an intelligent move, as Kan is showing that a leader can understand when it’s time to be humble and...
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