Staff writer
The sun is scorching and many people are relaxing on holiday, including Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. But expectations of political turbulence in the month ahead may be disturbing the calm. Hashimoto interrupted his holiday to have a comprehensive physical checkup, apparently in preparation for the coming period of intense political activity.
The summer will begin to sizzle politically when the annual Bon holiday season ends this weekend, and will probably be marked by intraparty strife within Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party.