Two-Faced in the Sixth century......Haniwa?

We've all run across the type, you know the ones Dylan sings about, 'They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss.' They seem to be in the news a lot these days, politicians and assassins, yet one double-faced news getter--Japan's first--had me turning heads in today's Japan Times, have a look here:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061205a8.html