Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori appears to be pinning his survival on a shift from postwar economic materialism to a revival of traditional values, but his true prospects will depend more on his ability to avoid making blunders.
Mori hopes to make a drastic review of the nation's postwar education system a major theme of the 150-day regular Diet session scheduled to convene at the end of this month.
"I'd call the next Diet the education reform session," Mori said in a recent interview.