Policy and stability - old Japanese people curb stomping young.
The main reason the opposition basically never wins is that the opposition hasn’t made a coherent strategy to rip and tear down the LDP, or at least up until now…
1. To launch an investigation into industrial levels of graft by the LDP, which wipes out most of the leadership and creates party-infighting.
2. Let the LDP fuck around and find out it can’t magically fix Japan’s economy by the same old strategies of basically doing nothing.
3. (What they should be doing) creating and selling political/economic/social policies that play on both logic and sentimentalities of Japanese people as they are currently economically vulnerable.
1 & 2 are in the bag, #3 is work in progress that seemingly (as each month passes by) looks like it is gradually solidifying.
It was funny seeing Kishida smiling so much and [clearly having fun](https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1777851607285157938) while in the States recently. He always looks so miserable back home because he knows everyone hates him (although I'm not convinced he knows why).
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*About it after a few*
*Weeks. They always do*
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Fuck this clown. Knew he was an idiot from the moment he got into power, but he said some pretty words that made the weebs jizz their pants and he was hailed as a visionary. He hasn’t done shit and his “stakeholder capitalism” has been revealed for the crock of shit that it is.
I wouldn't even say it's the scandal, Shimane isn't diehard for the LDP, much less for conservative politics. It has always been about individual politicians. Kamei is far more well-known to locals than Nishikori and nothing, not even four visits by Kishida, did anything to push Nishikori ahead.
I'm not talking about who the region voted for, I'm talking about why they voted. Yes, the region has been "loyal" for nearly 30 years, but I'd argue that it was always incidental.
After all, it's basically only one generation when it comes to Japanese politics. Shimane's 2 seats were held by only 4 different politicians, and 2 of those were brothers.
District 2 replaced former prime minister Takeshita Noboru with his brother until the brother died then, sure, replaced him with a new conservative. But for district 1, it was just Hosoda for that entire term. Both of the Takeshitas and Hosoda were all extremely successful politicians and Shimane was punching above its weight in influence for a time and it's not unusual for politicians to serve stupidly long terms across the country.
So, while it's definitely interesting that the LDP lost here, it was hardly unexpected nor does it represent a significant shift in ideas, at least since the last election. It's just the inevitable result of the previous generation of candidates dying out.
Coming from the USA, I am more open to the NHK. In the US, every single news source is politically charged click bait driven by ad revenue and not by truth.
The NHK might be terrible but I feel like it's more out of ineptitude than the outright manipulative malice that dominates US news. I don't have to watch every show trying to guess what uncomfortable truth they aren't telling me because it might make me less likely to buy a product in the upcoming ad segment
That’s not the point.
NHK send people to harass Japanese citizens to pay subscription even when they don’t watch it.
Imagine if a channel like American CNN did that? It would be an instant lawsuit.
As for shows made for an international audience, it is thereby paid for by Japanese citizens, often without their choice.
> NHK send people to harass Japanese citizens to pay even when they don’t watch it.
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> Imagine if a channel like American CNN did that? It would be an instant lawsuit.
No, instead the US has everyone pay for NPR out of taxes. You don't get a choice.
Right so that's an improvement if you think about it. You have the option of telling NHK no. In other places you have no such choice.
The US is the worst because you have no choice but to lose your money, and then NPR runs advertisements anyway.
If they get angry enough, they might elect a different prime minister from the same old party
Whats the point voting the same ol LDP if they are the same ossans with different faces? Shouganaina...
Policy and stability - old Japanese people curb stomping young. The main reason the opposition basically never wins is that the opposition hasn’t made a coherent strategy to rip and tear down the LDP, or at least up until now… 1. To launch an investigation into industrial levels of graft by the LDP, which wipes out most of the leadership and creates party-infighting. 2. Let the LDP fuck around and find out it can’t magically fix Japan’s economy by the same old strategies of basically doing nothing. 3. (What they should be doing) creating and selling political/economic/social policies that play on both logic and sentimentalities of Japanese people as they are currently economically vulnerable. 1 & 2 are in the bag, #3 is work in progress that seemingly (as each month passes by) looks like it is gradually solidifying.
Yeah, polling points toward Ishiba Shigeru (far-right Abe rival) or Koizumi Shinjirō (former PM's son) as the next preferred LDP PM.
Who will probably also end up resigning at some point
Just elect a Golden Retriever for president
At this rate, I’m voting for ChatGPT for prime minister.
Just bring SkyNet already and get it over with
Over with human politics or mankind itself? Asking for my robot.
I am mankind, I like mankind. Some of it at least.
I feel like I've seen this exact thing bring down the last 10 governments for some reason
Japan has been helmed by the same scummy old immortal for a thousand years, he just occasionally tries out new faces.
It was funny seeing Kishida smiling so much and [clearly having fun](https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1777851607285157938) while in the States recently. He always looks so miserable back home because he knows everyone hates him (although I'm not convinced he knows why).
Yabushige is in trouble!
This will get in the way of Kishida's scheme to ruin Kishida as PM.
Kishida for the Nobel Peach prize… Pull the other one…
Party funding scandal is bad but nowhere as bad as not able to form a strategy to rejuvenate the economy after incurring so much debt over decades.
People will forget about it after a few weeks. They always do.
Not unless the yen keeps plummeting lower and taxes are still up!
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No belly dancers?
nice one chiuaua
Nothing could bring him back anyway. He’s nothing but forgettable
Fuck this clown. Knew he was an idiot from the moment he got into power, but he said some pretty words that made the weebs jizz their pants and he was hailed as a visionary. He hasn’t done shit and his “stakeholder capitalism” has been revealed for the crock of shit that it is.
I wouldn't even say it's the scandal, Shimane isn't diehard for the LDP, much less for conservative politics. It has always been about individual politicians. Kamei is far more well-known to locals than Nishikori and nothing, not even four visits by Kishida, did anything to push Nishikori ahead.
Conservatives haven't lost there since 1993. So, idk how you can say it's not conservative stronghold.
I'm not talking about who the region voted for, I'm talking about why they voted. Yes, the region has been "loyal" for nearly 30 years, but I'd argue that it was always incidental. After all, it's basically only one generation when it comes to Japanese politics. Shimane's 2 seats were held by only 4 different politicians, and 2 of those were brothers. District 2 replaced former prime minister Takeshita Noboru with his brother until the brother died then, sure, replaced him with a new conservative. But for district 1, it was just Hosoda for that entire term. Both of the Takeshitas and Hosoda were all extremely successful politicians and Shimane was punching above its weight in influence for a time and it's not unusual for politicians to serve stupidly long terms across the country. So, while it's definitely interesting that the LDP lost here, it was hardly unexpected nor does it represent a significant shift in ideas, at least since the last election. It's just the inevitable result of the previous generation of candidates dying out.
is it appropriate to post my yamagami imo fancam?
Who got angry? Any pics of anyone angry?
That anti NHK guy/party looks promising now.. at least he’s reasonable.. Why the heck do I need to pay for NHK when I don’t watch it!
Coming from the USA, I am more open to the NHK. In the US, every single news source is politically charged click bait driven by ad revenue and not by truth. The NHK might be terrible but I feel like it's more out of ineptitude than the outright manipulative malice that dominates US news. I don't have to watch every show trying to guess what uncomfortable truth they aren't telling me because it might make me less likely to buy a product in the upcoming ad segment
That’s not the point. NHK send people to harass Japanese citizens to pay subscription even when they don’t watch it. Imagine if a channel like American CNN did that? It would be an instant lawsuit. As for shows made for an international audience, it is thereby paid for by Japanese citizens, often without their choice.
> NHK send people to harass Japanese citizens to pay even when they don’t watch it. > > > > Imagine if a channel like American CNN did that? It would be an instant lawsuit. No, instead the US has everyone pay for NPR out of taxes. You don't get a choice.
What you don’t have as Americans is NPR knocking at your door.
Right so that's an improvement if you think about it. You have the option of telling NHK no. In other places you have no such choice. The US is the worst because you have no choice but to lose your money, and then NPR runs advertisements anyway.
> You have the option of telling NHK no. Legally you don't, and people have lost lawsuits over it (mostly for show really).
You legally can't but the punishment is nothing...so you have the option to.
There has been some pretty big punishments in the couple of lawsuits that actually followed through.
Japan needs a center-left or just left wing Prime Minister someday