American Leadership head (and Democrat) Jason Kinney would rail that Mr. Bauer had gone from "credible legal authority" to "political hatchet man" but the damage was done.
While the hatchetman and deal-maker, Mr Kanemaru, managed the opposition with wads of money passed beneath the table, the wily Mr Takeshita ran the government using his extensive network within the ruling party and the upper echelons of the bureaucracy.
J. (AP) A man who gained Internet fame as Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker insisted he was not guilty of murder as he was led into a jail on Thursday following his extradition from Pennsylvania.