Andy Warhol predicted that in the future everybody would be famous for 15 minutes. The Japanese are perfecting an even more egalitarian system under which everybody gets to spend 15 minutes as prime minister. Admittedly, it is still a work in progress. Naoto Kan has already clung on to the premiership for an unseemly three months. But with a little luck Ichiro Ozawa will defeat him in party elections later this month, edging Japan ever closer towards its 15-minute target.
安迪•沃霍爾(Andy Warhol)曾預言說,未來每個人都能成名15分鐘。而日本實行一種更加平均主義的體制——每個人都能做15分鐘首相。需要承認的是,這個體制尚在日臻完善的過程中。菅直人(Naoto Kan)已經不體面地在首相的位置上戀棧了3個月,但在本月中旬的黨內選舉中,小澤一郎(Ichiro Ozawa)只要稍有運氣就能擊敗菅直人,把日本朝向15分鐘的目標再推進一步。