There will be a fair amount of people who are going to be disappointed with the change. Unfortunately, though, the decline in the ratings were rather consistent, and they continued to go down.

At some point this will become so annoying that someone will want to change it. I'm quite confident that people are not going to be happy with multiple leap seconds per year.

Not as much is going to change as people might think.

You are making a change, but you've got more than 300 people making a change too, so you have to make sure they understand, and you understand your role.

I believe Koizumi when he reaffirmed his intention to stand down next September and also believe he will change his mind. There have already been calls for him to extend his term, not only to take care of the unfinished business on his reform agenda but also to lead the LDP into the Upper House elections in July 2007.

It's a huge change in dynamic from what I visualize as a typical classroom. You get to hear real people talk about their experiences in the workplace.