With the passing of a new 2017 budget of ¥96.7 trillion, the Abe administration has carved out sections for a wide swathe of Japan's "dynamic" society, including the elderly, the dispossessed, and women, making it seem very much like their plan to engage with the minorities is going ahead strongly. But look under the hood, and you've got a slew of very serious (and familiar) issues that must be addressed if they aren't to seriously clash with the public discourse. Gain access to the treacherous world of inside baseball in Japanese policy and politics on this episode of Tokyo on Fire!