https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/f138764e-10a4-40c7-9972-f37a4dc44046 Japan has long struggled with corrupt ties between its politicians and businesses. It is said that they experience one such major scandal every ten years - every time leading to calls for reform. At the end of the 1980s, Japan experienced one of their most serious such scandals - the Recruit Scandal. It touched all of Japan’s political, economic, and social elites. Its widespread nature signaled a deeply corrupt system - going all the way up to the Prime Minister himself. Links: The Asianometry Newsletter: https://asianometry.com, Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Asianometry, The Podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianometry, Twitter: https://twitter.com/asianometry Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:26:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.loping.net https://tube.loping.net/lazy-static/avatars/8a56e488-2120-4649-a417-badf5893657b.png https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/f138764e-10a4-40c7-9972-f37a4dc44046 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.loping.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.