>>>rlr,e spoke to our political commentator. >> one big reason for kan's unpopularity seems to be theay pre minister kan handled the diplomatic incidents with china and russia, right? >> that's right. many japanese believe tthe government lacks diplomatic experience and was weak in responding to challenges from russia and china. they agree that government cked down when beijing complained about the detention of the chinese captain involved in the collisioneahe senkaku islands. and the chinese premier's refusal to tk to kan reinforced that japan is not taken seriously. and the collision alsoevle poor security management by kan's administration. kan seemed to want to mollify the chinese government by keeping the video out of the public eye. steehe russian president made the first-ever visit to the japanese islands. many call for poor intelligence on what russia was going to do. >> on the domestic front, many japanese don't seem to be tiiewi the way that kan hand izawa, the party's power broker. >> that's right. many aretill suspicious of izawa's role. kan has not stressed his rule in fron