Japanese politics Ozawa bows out SO MUCH for Ichiro Ozawa's famed electoral genius. After a nail-biting ballot, in which Naoto Kan, the prime minister, and Mr Ozawa, his brooding challenger, sat just feet away from each other, eyes shut, meditating intensely, Mr Kan won handsomely. The three pillars of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) who voted—parliamentarians, local assembly members an