Richard 🏳️🌈 @gaijinthoughts
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Even in an "LDP bastion" like Shimane, supporters are fed up—26% of them voted for the CDP candidate. “I just cannot vote for the LDP this time.... Japan will not become a better country unless we have a stronger opposition.” asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…
Great news for the CDP if this trend continues.
True Story- My husband & I were running a marathon over the weekend. We became tired & after walking a little I checked my phone to see Japan’s Sunday election results. We were both so happy to see the LDP lost all 3 that we kept running & ended up with a good finishing time
More important than individual poll numbers or PM Kishida's own approval ratings are the growing calls in society for 'change in government' (政権交代), now a majority sentiment in recent surveys. It's a dangerous territory for the LDP. For real. diamond.jp/articles/-/343…
A student my boyfriend taught quit the police academy because they told him he had a foreign girlfriend and if he was going to marry her, he won't make it far in the future. So he quit.
The hospitality at Japanese hotels never disappoints!
In December of 2021, I wrote that Japan was likely to become the Daiso (Everything is a 100 yen) store of Asia. I wasn’t so far off. Japan pays a high price as it goes down market asiatimes.com/2021/12/japan-… via @asiatimesonline
This is true. I expect the Conservative Party to win some Diet seats via proportional representation in the next election. That being said, the Conservative Party will likely split votes with the LDP in single member districts allowing the CDP to win more seats.
This is true. I expect the Conservative Party to win some Diet seats via proportional representation in the next election. That being said, the Conservative Party will likely split votes with the LDP in single member districts allowing the CDP to win more seats.
All three CDP candidates who won support same-sex marriage. 💜 🌈
All three CDP candidates who won support same-sex marriage. 💜 🌈
A very bad night for Prime Minister Kishida: The late Hosoda Hiroyuki (LDP) won re-election in Shimane's 1st district by 15 points in 2021. Today's by-election to fill Hosoda's vacant seat was a crushing defeat for the LDP candidate. www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2024…
A very bad night for Prime Minister Kishida: The late Hosoda Hiroyuki (LDP) won re-election in Shimane's 1st district by 15 points in 2021. Today's by-election to fill Hosoda's vacant seat was a crushing defeat for the LDP candidate. www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2024… https://t.co/ALUdhmusNf
It starts. The leader of Ishin no Kai calls for early elections.
It starts. The leader of Ishin no Kai calls for early elections.
As things stand, the most realistic option is calling a general election in the fall after electing a new leader. For Kishida, the best of the bad options is now to hope things get better and call one right before the September LDP presidential race.
As things stand, the most realistic option is calling a general election in the fall after electing a new leader. For Kishida, the best of the bad options is now to hope things get better and call one right before the September LDP presidential race.
Best case scenario. The LDP is in crisis mode now
Best case scenario. The LDP is in crisis mode now
最低。 間違った理解で分断を煽り、特定の属性の当事者を傷つけてでも票を得ようとする。 最低。
最低。 間違った理解で分断を煽り、特定の属性の当事者を傷つけてでも票を得ようとする。 最低。
The fact that Sugita Mio, Japan’s most homophobic politician, goes to Ni-Chome to appeal for LGBT friendliness is horrifying. It shows how out of touch the LDP is with Japan’s LGBT community.
The fact that Sugita Mio, Japan’s most homophobic politician, goes to Ni-Chome to appeal for LGBT friendliness is horrifying. It shows how out of touch the LDP is with Japan’s LGBT community.
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What a sober decree by one of the country's most fanatical devotees to Israel. Why not just be clearer and say: it should be legal to criticize the US Govt, but criminal to criticize Israel? Many of the protesters are US citizens and at least as "red-blooded" as Mark Levin:
Round them up, deport those who are here on student visas, arrest all others, and put out their names and photos so everyone knows who never to hire. Make sure they receive no student loan forgiveness or any other federal funds of any kind. They might be Hamas. We are…
Another blow to the DPFP as deputy leader and Upper House lawmaker Otsuka Kohei leaves the party and the Diet to run for Nagoya mayor in the April 2025 election. DPFP down to 7 Lower House and 9 Upper House members. www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2024…
If this were in Russia or Iran -- a police force of this size deployed against students protesting the state's war policies -- it'd be universally denounced as evil tyranny. The problem for the protesters is they chose the one issue that could provoke police force of this kind:
CNN's @miguelmarquez: "I've covered lots of this sort of stuff around the world, and i've never seen this many police moving into one area."
“The Vietnam protest—-“ Were followed by Richard Nixon becoming President, Republicans dominating politics until the 1990’s, and Democrats shifting towards hard on crime policies. Y’all want to talk about history but don’t want to talk about how it fits together. 1968-1992.
I’d prefer Scotland had a first minister who didn’t say they’d vote against equal marriage Talk about discriminatory
If Kate Forbes is bullied out of running for leadership because she’s the member of a particular faith Then Scotland will have become one of most un-inclusive, intolerant and discriminatory countries in the West. 🏴
The call’s coming from inside the house. Pressure on Japan’s police to put a stop to racial profiling is increasing day by day.
'We were told to target foreigners': Ex-officer on systematic racial profiling by Japan police - The Mainichi mainichi.jp/english/articl…
Ishin down 4, CDP surging to a near unprecedented level as it draws it's sword against the LDP.
日経新聞世論調査（4月29〜30日実施） 比例投票先 自民 28（±0） 立憲 18（+4） 維新 9（ -4） 公明 5（+2） れいわ 4（ -1） 共産 3（ -1） 国民 3（ -1） 参政 2（+1） みんな 1（+1）
ICC does not have the jurisdiction, says the USA. The USA has then, say I, achieved a new and dangerous level of arrogant, criminal entitlement.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a press briefing on Monday that the US "does not support" the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Israel, stating they “don’t believe they have the jurisdiction.”
Even in an "LDP bastion" like Shimane, supporters are fed up—26% of them voted for the CDP candidate. “I just cannot vote for the LDP this time.... Japan will not become a better country unless we have a stronger opposition.” asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…
The real polls dropping
🇺🇲 2024 GE: @MainStResearch/FAU 🟦 Biden 44% (+5) 🟥 Trump 39% 🟨 RFK Jr 11% 🟪 Other 3% — Head-to-head 🟦 Biden 47% (+1) 🟥 Trump 46% — Generic Ballot 🟦 DEM 43% (+3) 🟥 GOP 40% — 538: #85 (2.0/3.0) | LVs | 4/26-28 faupolling.com/wp-content/upl…
🚨By-election analysis included in newsletter🚨 Here are key developments from the week: ✅ LDP suffers triple defeat in Lower House by-elections ✅ Yen depreciates to record-low as BOJ maintains monetary policy rintaronishimura.com/2024/04/30/wee…
The article argues that Aso's pick for now is FM Kamikawa, who would become Japan's first female PM if elected. The other factions are in disarray and will likely be unable to command voting power like in past elections. That puts the Aso faction in a strong position.
Tabloid Shukan Fuji positions ex-PM and LDP VP Aso as the "kingmaker" in the upcoming LDP presidential election as the only figure capable of commanding a bloc vote given his faction is the only active one after "disbandment" of the others. sankei.com/article/202404…
At a time when xenophobia seems to be rising in Japan, this lovely message from a Komeda Coffee Shop owner has struck a chord with many Japanese people and has been warmly received. #TokyoNice #Omotenashi Loosely translated: To Our Customers, Our shop actively hires foreign…
By far one of the biggest losers in the Tokyo-15 by-election was Governor Koike, who likely positioned public support for Ototake Hirotada as a PR stunt for her re-election in July. No effect there but increasingly unlikely she returns to the Diet. sankei.com/article/202404…
@gaijinthoughts For once the LDP might be getting the short end of the FPTP vote splitting
@gaijinthoughts Priority until the general election comes around would be to ensure the opposition field ONE candidate in as many SMDs as possible. With Ishin and the DPFP unlikely to follow through, that leaves the CDP with the JCP, Reiwa, and the SDP. Izumi has some work to do.
@RinNishimura @gaijinthoughts It would be best for Ishin to field candidates across the country, while Ishin is the only opposition candidate in Kansai, so it can split the LDP vote
@gaijinthoughts @Nihonpolitics tbf if the factions are formally dissolved it doesn't mean that they're actually gone
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