'As a party that just lost three by-elections in one day, has a deeply unpopular PM, is slipping in the polls, and is still reeling from a major scandal while facing a weak economy'. I see what you did there.

@yamz3713

Ай бұрын

What did he do?

@auag7208

Ай бұрын

​@@yamz3713 I think that sentence is poking at the UK conservative party, those words could describe their current state too

@JSK010

Ай бұрын

Hmm.. you can say the same about a number of other countries, for example Canada. Popular discontent with the government isnt that unique anymore.

@yamz3713

Ай бұрын

@@auag7208 Ahh ok ty

@arthurlau98

Ай бұрын

The fun thing about TLDR is after whatever he said, those conservatove party still stay in power because the alternative is so god aweful. Just ask James Corbyn, who master the art of political suicide. The last time Japan try the opposition, they boot them out after the year and haven't won until now.

For a country’s population that loves to vent and complain online, I don’t see LDP losing that much power in the next general election. Less than half of the population go to vote in any elections for the past several years. I’m Japanese national, and I go to vote every time there is a chance, but all I see at the local polling station are older generations. It’s easy to become apathetic with Japanese politics, but people need to start acting instead of just venting online to a black hole that is internet.

@yurii_chynchyk

Ай бұрын

I’m completely agree that people need to take responsibility and go vote. But first of all you need younger people in politics to get the support of younger (below35y) voters. And being familiar with your conservative social rules I simply can’t see how it’s possible to bring younger politicians to the scene. I mostly see old stubborn overconfident jeezers. That’s a terrible situation.

@098saw

Ай бұрын

yes, there is such apathy. there are people on twitter who do complain about the ldp but I feel a lot of them are the right wingers who are just angry, or lefties (れいわ新撰組) who are a bit condescending

@stoodmuffinpersonal3144

Ай бұрын

it isn't just Japanese politics where apathy is growing. But I am not surprised by the trends. That happens in many English speaking countries, too, if not others. Youth don't vote, older folks do, many older folks are conservative, add disinformation and income stratification, you get why many youth aren't coming out to the polls. And the ecconomic strife. That and money in politics is part of why we stay the course, and don't change, even if doing so would be wise. I've heard Japan has a stronger culture of social cohesion and not rocking the boat, too. Which. Could, make change even more difficult.

@nanonano2595

Ай бұрын

i'd wager its because japan is too stable and most of its issues are, on the surface, not the govt's fault. So why rock the boat when life is going...okay?

@mRahman92

Ай бұрын

They need a Japanese idol or celebrity to make voting cool. Or worth "voting ironically".

I love how Japan has essentially been a one-party state for most of its modern history but avoided the slack that comes with that label

@nealrigga6969

Ай бұрын

China, Russia, Iran and Venezuela are all also one party states but it doesn’t really feel right lumping Japan with those guys

@mnm1273

Ай бұрын

The key word is "essentially" the party can and does lose if it becomes unpopular.

@mladen5140

Ай бұрын

​@@nealrigga6969because Japan is a Western-ally? Or is it because they change the face of the politics every few years? Tho China does that too

@bababababababa6124

Ай бұрын

@@mnm1273yeah that’s the key difference I suppose. At least the LDP will step down peacefully if they lost

@nobunaga123

Ай бұрын

Because the prime minister usually resigns if he screws up to save the party. Something totalitarian states don’t do

I doubt. A lot of japanese are not that interested in voting, which is probably an effect by the LDP-dominance.

@attilaabonyi8879

Ай бұрын

That is not a good sign of a democracy

@cgt3704

Ай бұрын

@@attilaabonyi8879 well, duh

@krashme997

Ай бұрын

I remember a French friend of mine explaining to our Japanese teacher how there had been close to 30% of the French population not voting in the 2016 presidential election, trying to show how people were getting angry/disinterested in traditional politics, and she was like "well, you guys might have 30% refusing to show up, but here our 30% is the number of people showing up for any presidential election, on a good day".

@HarverTheSlayer

Ай бұрын

@@attilaabonyi8879 In Japan, either you have people that care A LOT about politics, or a lot of people that couldn't care less because they're too busy with anything else (which is the majority of the population). For most, their mindset is "I don't really care about who's governing the country as long as they keep things going and don't run it into the ground". The funny thing is that it's VERY rare for PMs to actually last the entire term, because they end up resigning for one reason or another before the next elections. And since people vote for members of the National Diet, and not the PMs themselves, it's rather common to have like 3 prime ministers in one term. If anything, Abe was a HUGE outlier for lasting more than 7 years in power.

@RandomGuy-lu1en

Ай бұрын

would say it's the culture of conformity that makes vibrant democracy a bit tricky there

Honestly, it just seems pretty insane that Japan keeps the same government when it's had 30 years of stagnation.

@yaygya

Ай бұрын

I don't find it hard to believe. My home province of Alberta has had one of three right-wing parties in power for 85 of the last 89 years, and each of them has had an unbroken run with a majority in the legislature. If you build complacency in a population and create a lot of value in a particular political brand, it's easy to avoid having to compete.

@AA-ux6gg

Ай бұрын

Bro 2009-2012… they tried change but failed

@collegepark301

Ай бұрын

in situations like this the first reason they dont want to elect other parties is that they dont find them better than the current

@shiny_teddiursa

Ай бұрын

meanwhile Americans are about to hand the election to a corrupt wanna-be dictator because big macs are 5 dollars now instead of 3 🤡

@danielngwu

Ай бұрын

A one party nation seems healthier than a 2 party nation.

There have been so many videos on Japan's political system, all of them mention the few years of another party rulling, none of them explain what happened in these few years and how the turnaround took place

@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801

3 күн бұрын

What happened?

It's not one party system, it's called dominant party system

@dean._.0.0

Ай бұрын

There are more than two parties in the US but since only two are dominant it’s considered a Two-Party System. If only one party is ever dominant that’s considered a One-Party System… please educate yourself of political labels and behaviors

@aidan-4759

Ай бұрын

@@dean._.0.0As someone who has actually studied politics, you are just wrong. A one party system is where only one party has representation. A dominant party system is when only one party has significant representation.

@dean._.0.0

Ай бұрын

@@aidan-4759 So are you going against the majority of political analysts who consider both the US a two party system and Japan a one party system? Your technicality doesn’t represent the usage and representation of the two sets of words.

@nntflow7058

Ай бұрын

@@dean._.0.0 There are NO POLITICAL ANALYSTS who said that. Stop lying. They lost the 2009 elections.

@manekrit2417

Ай бұрын

Cope

Fun fact: 99% of questions as titles from these guys is a no. Or no, but maybe...

Can we stop labeling every video as a "crisis"?

@jdmo741

Ай бұрын

The over dramatization of everything is getting old.

@AtakenSmith

Ай бұрын

As a fellow content creator, the sad part this works and if you don't do everything to stand out, you gonna disappear...

@rizkyadiyanto7922

Ай бұрын

​@@jdmo741yes. i would say it has become a crisis in itself.

@quackywhackityphillyb.3005

Ай бұрын

The labeling everything as a crisis crisis

@diegobotto6245

Ай бұрын

This is actually a political crisis for the LDP, even for Japan given that Abes assassination caused a very real political crisis.

This video is pretty low info about Japan's system. Apparently, Komeito also doesn't exist in the government.

@ntb3

Ай бұрын

They aren't an opposition party (and are part of LDR's coalition) which is what TLDR was highlighting.

@napoleonfeanor

Ай бұрын

@@ntb3 yes they are government but they talk about one party rule. They have some very different political ideas in some fields such as being much more China friendly than LDP.

@ntb3

Ай бұрын

@@napoleonfeanor This is a 10 minute video obviously they only included the bare minimum information needed. Maybe Japan is closer to a "de facto one-party" state, but substantially that makes no differences.

@eruno_

Ай бұрын

LDP would never be in power without Komeito support. As soon as Komeito ends agreement with LDP, the LDP is finished.

@rsybing

Ай бұрын

​@@eruno_ You might as well ask Willy Wonka to quit making chocolate

As a Japanese, I don’t think LDP would lose. I’m one of those “unaffiliated.” A lot of ppl are mad, but more ppl don’t trust the opposition parties (I’ve always been anti LDP🤣). Tbh I also don’t really like the opposition. It’s pretty difficult for me to decide on who I’ll vote for in the next election…

@ab-3983

Ай бұрын

I would wonder if the by-election results do mean anything for the opposition party, nay the CDP party itself?

@andred7684

Ай бұрын

What is your take on the JCP?

@hayz9338

Ай бұрын

@@ab-3983 Im not an expert, but this does show a trend of LDP losing votes, and if they had an election now, they would lose a significant amount of seats. But not as much for the opposition to hold the majority. That’s what I hear a lot, and it’s probably true.

@ab-3983

Ай бұрын

@@hayz9338 I still think that the LDP will remain in power given the nature of Japanese society and (in my opinion) their loyalty to the US, something which the US itself needs considering China's recent and perilous movements around Taiwan.

@hayz9338

Ай бұрын

@@andred7684 They have almost zero chance of getting into government, but they have a small yet very firm base. So as it was mentioned in the video, if they cooperate with CDP, it would be a boost for CDP. However, the labor unions, who are the biggest supporters of CDP, don’t like the JCP, so it’s unclear how far the CDP can get along with the communists.

The LDP is a predominantly one-party state by vote, not by force

@teamjam2863

Ай бұрын

One party system would be Singapore which voting lines heavily favour the PAP and policies that are extremely authoritarian. Japan issue problem is more due to making it harder to smaller parties or new parties to enter the scene.

@XandateOfHeaven

20 күн бұрын

There's more nuance to it, once you're in power that long you become institutionalized, the entire government becomes integrated with the power structure of the party and it means there is unfair competition.

@deezeed2817

10 күн бұрын

The bourgeois political system relies on force to maintain its institutions. It doesn't matter what technical term you use the other parties simply exist to give an illusion of democratic pluralism.

@lzh4950

9 күн бұрын

@@teamjam2863 The rapid growth of Singapore after independence probably made many people grateful to the ruling party, winning them much support, and the populace is more tolerant of unpopular policies (which sometimes work in the end), partially because the ruling party emphasises the country's natural limitations to convince us that we're being entitled/delusional if we don't compromise e.g. becuase the country is small we can't give in to NIMBYs (I remember lawmaker Ellen Lee was even brave enough to call her constituents 'selfish' in 2011/2 for opposing a proposed nursing home in their neighbourhood). One of our national pastimes is also probably comparing how other countries are worse than us, or seeing how high the country ranks in international surveys. The ruling party thus isn't reliant on vested interest groups for political support, though it's keen to continue attract foreign investment (so our policies favour them & we're more accepting of big biz raking in more profits while our pay rises are smaller, otherwise foreign investment could pull out). The ruling party is over-represented in its legislature though when compared to the popular vote, which has ranged between 60-70% in history, but PAP typically wins ~90%+ of legislature seats. They've also warned of slower passage of Bills, and political gridlock like in Belgium, if we voted in more opposition lawmakers

@teamjam2863

9 күн бұрын

@@lzh4950 I agree with you. Singapore has a bit of mysticism with its growth as well. It was always a major hub for investment and ruling dynasties. When it was in Malaysia it accounted for 40-50 of the federal government revenue. The gratefulness Singaporean’s feel is often a propaganda machine when not realising country already had both the foundation and wealth and colonial benefits (and immigrant ethnic groups having larger wealth than non ethnic), the bamboo network also etc The problem with international surveys and ranking also comes down to people not understanding how they are done. For example IQ test can be set limited to regions or particular schools which is why China IQ rate is heavily skewed. I am not trying to down play Singapore modernisation or its people in what it had achieved. I just believe a lot of Singaporean’s like many nationalist around the world are blinded to propaganda.

The true ruler of Japan is bureaucracy and politicians is just their puppet. Because of that, who is PM or ruling party doesn't matter. This is the biggest reason why many people in Japan abstains from voting.

@ab-3983

3 күн бұрын

I would appreciate it if you were to elaborate on how the bureaucracy controls the nation and how the LDP has seized Japan's bureaucratic positions? Also, how does this impact the CDP overall? I would love to hear more.

@mihosinzan

3 күн бұрын

@@ab-3983 Technologically politicians make a law then bureaucracy enforce it but the reality is different. On the process of making a law, bureaucracy influences every aspects strongly. Why it happens? Politician have to handle every issues from education, social welfare to foreign policy and if they fail in elections, they lost the status. On the other hand, public officers in Japan are guaranteed their positions by long-term employment systems and they can focus on their specialized field. Because of that, the knowledge gap between politicians and bureaucracy is enormous and politician can do nothing without bureaucracy's assistance. As a result, the power of bureaucracy is overwhelming politician. This situation is completely same with CDP (or worse than LDP).

On another note, I find Japan’s culture to be deeply respectful. As a Black Canadian with Kenyan heritage, my experiences in Japan have been overwhelmingly positive. The kindness I received from the Japanese people, even in more remote areas, left a lasting impression on me. As you show respect you get it back from these people. I am hopeful, they will find a way to reverse the struggling economy.

@kimandre336

Ай бұрын

@MayankTrivedi2 Koreans hate themselves as well. The greatest enemies of Koreans are......... obviously Koreans.

@newrecs4969

Ай бұрын

They usually treat you better if you speak their language; did you learn basic Japanese?

@RandomGuy-lu1en

Ай бұрын

that's just on the surface. They are polite. But there's not much real kindness to be found.

@doodoopoopoo1997

Ай бұрын

they are kind to tourists because they know that eventually you will leave lol

@embar9585

Ай бұрын

okay? who asked?

Radical conservatism, old politicians and crises. Seriously, what could go wrong?

This is why first past the post sucks

@AmazingDuckmeister

Ай бұрын

Technically, Japan has MMP, which is a proportional representation system. I might be wrong, but it does have more constituency seats than proportional seats.

@nadrini300

Ай бұрын

​@@AmazingDuckmeister mixed member, but not really proportional, since their PR results does not affect allocation of SMD seats.

@py8554

Ай бұрын

The UK and US are the worst offenders. At least Japan has a number of seats allocated according to proportional representation. Specifically 289 members by FPTP in single-seat constituencies and 176 members by proportional representation in 11 regional "block" constituencies.

@RealUlrichLeland

Ай бұрын

​@@py8554 Scotland has the same. In the Scottish parliament 73 MSPs are voted for in constituencies via first past the post, and another 56 are voted for in one of seven regions via proportional representation.

@jeffbenton6183

Ай бұрын

@@RealUlrichLeland If I'm not mistaken, Scotland's system is different. Like Germany, the proportional seats are meant to balance out what happens in the constituencies - although, unlike Germany, as you pointed out, there are far fewer proportional seats (and I don't think they change the number of party-list seats each cycle like Germany to make the final result as proportional as possible). If one party get's 30% of the votes, then the system strives to ensure that they get 30% of the seats. The only exception is if a party that did not even clear the threshold for the party-lists somehow wins a constituency - they don't lose that seat, they get to keep it. Japan uses a similar system to Russia, wherein there the two systems, but it's a form of "parallel voting" - the two systems don't interact. Voters still vote in both, but the party-list isn't meant to proportionalize the results of the constituencies - they're just kind of tacked-on. The actual proportions each party has have no bearing whatsoever on the final outcome. Anyways, I think that's how the system works - I'm behind on sleep right now, so I probably didn't articulate that well. Worse, I'm an American, and almost no one here even knows proportional representation exists, much less bothers to talk about it.

The LDP's continued dominance in Japan is the result when they still got their way in electoral reform despite being voted out of power for the first time 30 years ago. The opposition should get their act together now and make their voting system compensatory, either MMP or AMS as long as there are more PR seats and it's results affect the allocation of SMD seats, like in Germany after its recent electoral law reform last year.

6:16 HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN

LDP will lose on the coming elections people are sick on there policies and miss handling the economy

@BTAxistube

Ай бұрын

I realize it's a typo, but I rather like the idea of a "Miss Handling the Economy" pageant.

@niamhturner1451

Ай бұрын

Whenever Kishida makes news its always sommething he fucked up again

@panzerofthelake506

Ай бұрын

​@@BTAxistube Nominees: Kamala haris vs Lizz truss

@angelcabeza6464

Ай бұрын

@@panzerofthelake506 kamala cause she is hotter

@jhca4671

Ай бұрын

I really don't think so tho. CDP doesn't nearly have enough support for that.

why do your graphs do not have labels of percentage??

TLDR News: There were some years the other parties won, but its mostly been one Comments: OMG only one party? didn't know Japan is like China

@sleefy2343

Ай бұрын

Yet they blame China for being one party 💀💀💀💀 Double standard indeed

@user-sv9jv7rq9k

26 күн бұрын

@@sleefy2343 Looks like sb's being misinformed.

After the Cold War, Japan has always had a multi-party coalition government. There have been four changes of government.

9:59 glitched audio

Japan's government was wishing for inflation for ages since the Lost Generations. Now they got it, but the people are now irate when they see inflation. Be careful what you wish for...

@Snakebloke

Ай бұрын

Who in their right mind, would WANT inflation? It's an indication of dilution of the currency...it's simply a hidden tax.

5:22 the narration is correct in saying people want a change in government, but the graphic says “regime”, which is the entire structure of the country and it’s systems (think the regime change of the USSR to Russia). Sorry, just annoys me when I see that since I took AP gov lol

if i had a nickel for every highly-developed island country with a weak economy and a very unpopular government with very low poll numbers, who keeps losing by-elections and is suffering a large scandal, i would, in fact, have two whole nickels.

I wish you would put the JPY scale on yen per USD, since that is how most people think of the exchange rate value.

The Japanese domestic economy isn't weak at all. It's just the exchange rate, caused by BOJ's long-standing policy in the last decade.

@SuperStraight_LGBTQ

Ай бұрын

That's literally what it means. if the citizens are being priced out of basic needs then that's a weak economy.

The 1st minutes tells me that you might have a poor understanding of japanese politics........

the thing with japan is that even if the LDP leaves power, the bureaucracy has been appointed by LDP politicians for so many decades that it doesn't really matter. All real Japanese laws start getting drafted in the japanese bureaucracy which has been staffed with LDP and ex LDP people for decades.

@yaygya

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what happened with the DPJ government period back in 2009, and that combined with the earthquake let the LDP come back.

@MIKAEL212345

Ай бұрын

@@yaygya yep, I recommend everyone watches Langley Esquire's Japan politics 101 playlist. They are a political consultant group for companies that want to do business in Japan so they look at things from a fairly non biased way cause all they care about is representing their clients. They basically talk about this and how the bureaucracy really does a lot of the real day to day grunt work while the LDP in the legislature mostly just steers the ship.

1:59 It's known to be an LDP stronghold, not exactly a conservative stronghold

Well, an organization can only be so successful for so long.

Who the hell wrote this script? The LDP are in a coalition with Komeito. This channel is overtly British so they should understand how a Bicameral parliament works.

Japan needs to actually change. Stagnation and status quo aren't survivable.

"Shined"? When did the verb "shine" become a weak verb? The past tense of "shine" is "shone".

@MateDrinker33

Ай бұрын

Wait until you read that Stephen King novel, “The Shinning”! ;D

@owb-jg7ed

25 күн бұрын

Err... No. I have never heard anyone say, "the stars shone brightly" or "he shone my shoes."

@Ruminations09

5 күн бұрын

"Shine" actually has two past tense forms. Both "shined" and "shone" are completely grammatically acceptable, but they are used in different contexts. "Shined" is (usually) used when the verb is transitive, and "shone" is (usually) used when the verb is intransitive. Verb transitivity basically means: is a thing doing something to another thing. For example, you throw a ball - you're doing a thing to the ball, so "throw" is transitive. Meanwhile, the ball *is* thrown - the ball isn't doing something to anything else, so "thrown" is intransitive. "Shine" and "shone" are a bit of a weird case, because it's actually grammatically correct to use *either* word transitively or intransitively. But typically, "shined" is used in cases where it's transitive ("he shined a light on the issues") and "shone" is usually used in cases where it's intransitive ("the moon shone brightly above").

@gregvanpaassen

5 күн бұрын

@@Ruminations09 Thanks, interesting. In NZ dialect I'd use "shone" in both your example sentences.

Can you do the same video about Georgia? The country.

I wouldn't call it a "one party system"

@XandateOfHeaven

20 күн бұрын

Japan is 100% a de facto one party system. Even if they technically have opposition parties that can be theoretically voted out, they are still effectively a one party state.

@KuchBhi-xs5oe

18 күн бұрын

​@@XandateOfHeavenChina is one party system you cannot have any other party there soon it will be one person system as all other CCP top leaders are being thrown out of arrested for speaking against Xo Jinping even Singapore can be one party system but calling Japan one party system doesn't make sense

What kind of one-party system lets other parties take over? What kind of one-party system lets that happen twice?

Brother's playing Suzerain

One party rule would be more accurate. Alot of US states also have one party rule, but still a 2 party system.

@rishisaini5269

Ай бұрын

LDP has also lost many elections in previous years but somehow,managed to get beck in power.

@XandateOfHeaven

20 күн бұрын

Both should be called de facto one party states given the long term dominance of a single party, entrenchment, and the usurpation of political participation by the internal party power structure.

@willjapheth23789

20 күн бұрын

@XandateOfHeaven the opposition isn't politically viable though, because of the voters. One party states should be a term for states that purposely suppress opposition. The south in the US is dominated by a party but can and has shifted. South Africa recently lost one party domination. So it seems like there should be a categorical difference between that and what happens in Russia and China.

Please make video on latest condition of Turkish economy and it's condition. Please 🙏🏻

Flip for a few years and back we go LDP. First time?

"Shimane is known as a conversative stronghold, and the seat has been held by the LDP since the current electoral system was implemented in 1996." Isn't that the case for like, almost all of Japan's constituencies?

@nntflow7058

Ай бұрын

Not really. They failed to get majority in 1993, 1996, 2000 and 2003 elections. These constituencies are not alway LDP stronghold.

@eruno_

Ай бұрын

Kyoto traditionally is communist party stronghold at least that was the case until the 2000s.

@soyakojima2812

17 күн бұрын

Not quite. LDP is not as popular in Osaka, Okinawa and some parts of Tokyo

@eruno_

17 күн бұрын

@@soyakojima2812 while LDP isn't as popular in Okinawa, in the prefectural assembly they still have 14 seats out from 48. Which isn't nothing.

Actual TLDR to this video: "NO", not even close due to system.

Japan's democracy is excellent, with rigorous protections for free speech and fair elections. Yet, its overly traditional, conservative, and hierarchal culture prevents it from effectively using its democratic principles. For several decades, they've elected a government that has failed them. I hope someone steps up or the populace elects an existing party to help them out of their economic and demographic funk.

@kimandre336

Ай бұрын

Japanese manga artist, Ken Akamatsu, was elected in Japan's upper house of the National Diet 2 years ago because he wanted to combat Japan's traditionally huge issues with neglecting freedom of speech and media censorship.

@XandateOfHeaven

20 күн бұрын

Japan is the least democratic of major western nations by several metrics: 1. There is no independent judiciary, and conviction is all buy guaranteed 2. They have been a de facto one party state for decades 3. They're ranked 68th in press freedom because the NHK is basically the propaganda arm of the LDP and the exclusion of freelance journalists

@Adzukisama

2 күн бұрын

@@kimandre336 But he ran for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which restricts freedom of expression. After he was elected, he did nothing to benefit "otaku". He just wanted power.

The video is glitching for me

More Japan videos please! Love these so much

Sagging polls and encumbered by multiple issues, it seems the LDP could coerce PM Kishida to step down. Not the first a Japanese PM resigned and was replaced by another after less than five years.

@zuhdim4962

Ай бұрын

LDP will hold election (not general election) in September 2024 and the highest LDP candidate in the survey is Shigeru Ishiba.

What party is the eugenics party?

To be fair, evil was never sustainable from the start.

Rather than lose power i think the LDP will be pulled further right by the innovation party to maintain power, and really thats only if the LDP finds a way to lose its huge majority.

They'll be out of office but it'll be hard for the opposition to pass legislation since the LDP will still have a lot of influence over the bureaucrats. My guess is that they will rebound in a few years like they did in 2012.

@heynowur9146

Ай бұрын

How did they rebound in 2012

@AA-ux6gg

Ай бұрын

Hint:tsunami…

If it didn't happen in 2009, it certainly won't happen now.

"Failing to report"

I can’t wait until the American two-party system finally comes to an end.

@ShionKenobi

Ай бұрын

Me 2, not gonna happen any time soon tbf. People are still heavily polarized, you cant have a green or libertarian emmergence when "voot bloooo no matter whooo" and "evil demonc-rats are gonna troon your childs" is the peoples basic behavior 😢

Tldr, this is going to be like every japanese election, ldp runs someone that makes few concessions but overall goals the same, maintaining essentially one party rule. If anybody like the JCP is going to unseat the Ldp and run things nationally, us gov would intervene.

@ab-3983

12 күн бұрын

Does that seriously happen? (i.e., does the US genuinely defend the LDP from other opposition parties?). It just seems insane to me that a whole nation can shield a party from any usurping.

@Drownedinblood

12 күн бұрын

@ab-3983 yes, it does it through media and controlling public opinion. Even if the general populace despise the LDP like during covid, they have the "there's no other option" in the back of their head. It's no different than in America where everyone is pretty fed up with the dual party system, but will we actually do anything about it? No. Cuz "it's the best we got".

@Drownedinblood

12 күн бұрын

@@ab-3983 the JCP are already seen as a CCP puppet, despite them doing everything in their power to distance themselves. US can use this as justification for intervention if the LDP were ever voted out and JCP comes into power with major reforms, namely removing us bases.

One party state is not that uncommon. Just look for it

Japan has entered an era of full-fledged Korean rule.

Personally, I prefer the term "dominant party" to refer to states like Japan, South, Africa, and Singapore where one party wins the vast majority of largely free multi-party elections. "One-party" makes one think of North Korea or China where the status of the ruling party is legally guaranteed and opposition parties are banned.

@tauceti8060

Ай бұрын

And Botswana

@jaredhamilton8694

Ай бұрын

Singapore straddles the line a bit more than SA/Japan, but Japan’s dominance by the LDP isn’t the same as China’s dominance by the CCP

@rishisaini5269

Ай бұрын

Well,China does has opposition parties but they have to accept the legitimacy of CCP rule.

@meekrob29

Ай бұрын

@rishisaini5269 Yeah, I was aware they technically existed, but they just serve as puppets to give a veneer of multi-party democracy without actually having it, so I don't really count them.

@ncs9753

Ай бұрын

Singapore is not "largely free" or "dominant." You are obviously not a Singaporean. Singapore is a one party state. It is a lot less democratic than all those other countries and those that keep being accused as not fully democratic such as Hungary. Singapore is a mass surveillance police state too similar to China. The only reason western media don't shit on it is the same reason why they didn't shit on Mugabe back then. Allies.

God I hope not because all of other parties want to censor fiction

You guys really like reusing graphics. Jesus.

Tbh as a 27-year-old Japanese national, I have never felt like my vote even mattered in this country. I have plenty of personal reasons for this, but despite all I have been voting (Never for LDP) just to secure complaining rights lol. Also, alternative parties such as the CDP (second largest party) has not convinced me that they'd be a better option. But to be fair to LDP and CDP, some individual politicians may say something sensible once in a while MAAAAAYBE. However, since Japan is running a parliamentary system unlike countries like the US, a Prime Minister is bound to please his/her party to stay in power. Sweet talk and promises during election period don't go far during policy making phase, and that is a given. So, unless the entire party is worth my vote, it really does not matter if 1 or 2 candidates make a convincing argument about politics.

@lzh4950

9 күн бұрын

Meanwhile I think Singapore's PAP has managed to remain in power for long partially because of that, it's not so pressured to overpromise during elections & also feels more free room to think long-term without worrying as much about if it will get voted out halfway, creating a virtuous cycle

Politicians handle scandals?

Its gotta get worse before it gets good and it will get good soon

I'm a Japanese citizen, and the way I see it (as well as a lot of people around me), the LDP sucks, but the opposition parties suck even harder. In fact the opposition parties suck so much that, when their campaign slogan should be something about what they'd do after they replace the current administration, their actual slogan is literally "replace the administration". As if that's their goal, and not the means (which is sadly not that inaccurate). We will have to live with the LDP, depite all its flaws, and I doubt they will actually be replaced by their incompetent rivals.

@rishisaini5269

Ай бұрын

As an Indian,let me tell you. They will fail hard because this same type of strategy was also used by Opposition parties(which formed a coalition called Mahagathbhandhan) here in previous loksabha(lower house) elections to overthrow the ruling party(BJP) here which resulted in BJP winning more seats than before. The main reason was that they didn't give people any idea or vision of their work but were just keen on defeating the current ruling party which was not liked by people.

they haven't broke outta feudal age (politically speaking)

It actually ended in 2009, but since the new party was getting closer to China and wanted US bases out of Okinawa, US was having none of it.

Not a fan of Kishida, but most of the reasons which tumble his approval aren't really his fault but the idiocy of his party members, except for throwing a state funeral for Abe.

@Willbme4EVA

Ай бұрын

Kishida admitted that he has been sitting around and just passing the time in office basically doing nothing. That is why he did the mini speech on "I will now attempt to do my job"

@lzh4950

9 күн бұрын

Read an analyst observe that the PM assumed personal responsibility for the party members' scandal but that could have been too much for what he could do

Essentially Japan is not democratic country. People can hardly influence politics and state affair. Voting is meaningless. Opinion poll matters more than electoral ballot vote. LDP will in power regardless of how badly it run the Japan.

So basically, every single dominant party system, even if they have had an excellent record for decades, eventually succumbs to major corruption and internal rot. The new generations of the dominant party forget why they're put in power. It always happens to anyone who's been in power too long. I say this is a good thing. Democracy needs to be refreshed from time to time. At least in Japan, they will do it by the people's voice, and not by violence.

@lzh4950

9 күн бұрын

Singapore's PAP probably imagines itself to be an exception, a shining beacon

@f-86zoomer37

9 күн бұрын

@@lzh4950 PAP is a problem. They’ve lasted longer certainly and their rule was stable but they’re facing the exact same problems. They win around 50% instead of 70% before but they’re still in power, so why do they need to deliver when they know they’ll still win? PAP needs to be humbled

South Africa: First time ?

I remember how ku teacher thinks japan is a one party statee. The "One party state" logic is really a bad statement. LDP lost 2 times. But opposition is simply weak as hell In the 1990s and 2010 it happened. Maybe another short lived left wing Japanese government appears but i don't know how long it will last 😅

To be fair, japan HAVE had incredible stability since they didnt have to change infrastructure radically at every election cycle. its bound to save alot of costs.

That's a bad idea 😊

It'd be a damn shame if voters were put off by the JCP's directness; they're probably the least radical, most diplomatic communist party on the planet. (And bearing in mind that, under its 'new thing' shiny coat of paint, Nippon Ishin is just LDP 2.0)

@zuhdim4962

Ай бұрын

Why you say Nihon Ishin is LDP 2.0?

@KuchBhi-xs5oe

18 күн бұрын

I don't think Japanese will elect a communist party as all it's enemies were or still are communist

@lzh4950

9 күн бұрын

They're the former Japan Restoration Association founded by the then Osaka's mayor right?

@zuhdim4962

9 күн бұрын

@@lzh4950 Yes, bro.

I get the feeling that Asian nations is going to be a left leaning country liberal-progressive in the future.

@rishisaini5269

Ай бұрын

Not India.

@franklinshaki9

Ай бұрын

@@rishisaini5269 I haven’t forgotten India. So yes India too.

❤❤❤

As can be seen from public opinion polls, I think it is true that there are headwinds against the Liberal Democratic Party. However, many people do not have high expectations for the Constitutional Democratic Party, the main opposition party. One is that political views within the party are disparate. For example, the current situation is that some members are aligned with the Communist Party or the Social Democratic Party, while others have more conservative and right-wing ideas than the Liberal Democratic Party. Another reason is that many executives of the Democratic Party, which was the ruling party from 2009 to 2012, belong to the party. The Democratic Party of Japan's administration continued to be unstable due to numerous violations of pledges and internal conflict within the party. Many members of the Constitutional Democratic Party who triggered these changes remain in the Constitutional Democratic Party, and for these reasons active support has not increased.

日本の政治の最大の問題は野党にバランスの取れた政党がいないことです。 現在野党第一党の立憲民主党はリベラル政党ですが、中国、北朝鮮に対して融和的で アメリカに対して敵対的です。そのため多くの国民は「投票したい野党がいない。」と 悩み、結果的に政治に無関心になっている状態です。

@ab-3983

3 күн бұрын

それで、あなたの意見では、最近の政治資金スキャンダルによって立憲民主党への支持は高まり、立憲民主党を支持する世論は変化したのでしょうか。自民党の現状と、来年の選挙で自民党がまだ立憲民主党に勝てるかどうかについて、さらに詳しく教えていただければ幸いです。

Is anyone else getting annoyed by all these mistplay ads?

Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos

@zuhdim4962

Ай бұрын

Who is Kodos?

LDP AINT NOTHIN TO MESS WITH

Don’t judge nations on s-o++a cross sections!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ELECToral .. not electORAL.

I loved when Aggretsuko started addressing this 800lb gorilla in the traditional Japanese parlor...

Communist or not, the single-party system is more common in the Far East than I thought.

Crisis, CRIsis....CRISIS?! Crisis.

Last time LDP took back the parliament, there was a tsunami followed by a nuclear meltdown.

Yo, Japan, do what we did recently in Poland to get our awful ruling party kicked out (or to be more accurate, much weakened) : have your opposition parties get their shit together and form an actual coalition!

Another video about a country that seems relatively prosperous but which according to the video is struggling both economically and politically. Maybe somebody should do a video that talks about how every single country in the world is struggling both economically and politically..... and struggling with demographic problems and with climate change and with social upheaval as well for that matter. Okay, I know that these are real problems but isn't there anything going well anywhere?

@yoroshikuonegaishimasu8649

Ай бұрын

Being rich doesnt make a country perfect, every country has problems

The Japanese need to vote Ishin, that's the only party which will keep Japan great and make it even greater.

is the LDP party liberal and/or democratic? or are they just the default party?

@kimandre336

Ай бұрын

It's a big tent political party that generally has right wing and center-right wing factions.

@zurielsss

Ай бұрын

Despite the name, its politics and views are actually quite conservative , a reflection of Japanese’s ideals. You just need to count the number (zero) of female Prime Ministers as proof 😊

@Jonas_M_M

Ай бұрын

It's a party machine.

@OrionTails

Ай бұрын

It's just the default party, 'cause the Americans don't like the Socialists.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

Ай бұрын

Take note the LDP was founded by a man who HATES Liberals and Democrats because of his profession (General of the Imperial Japanese Army and deputy economic minister of the Empire of Manchukuo in the 1930's)...

There were a few years when the LDP was not in power. At least nominally. Basically, what it means is enough politicians from one party quitting in high enough numbers that they get the majority. Same folks in power, but with a new name.

I doubt it. No opposition even comes close still

Now is the perfect time to create a social Democratic Party The people of Japan want a new option and it would help for democracy

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

Ай бұрын

Do you know that Japan has the largest nonruling Commienist party still in existence on earth?

@DQUACK

Ай бұрын

Theres already a SDP in Japan, it has collapsed since the CDP Formed. the SDP has one seat left iirc

Hearing "Liberal democrats" doesn't really ring the "conservative" bell for me. But I guess the ruling party of North Korea also has "Democratic" in its name...

@mnm1273

Ай бұрын

Liberal parties can be center right or center left. the word's practically meaningless without context. And the democrat just comes from a party merger.

@johnmanpls5577

Ай бұрын

They are right-wing. Just like how a lot of conservative parties in Europe have ‘Liberal’ ‘Democratic’ in their names. It’s only really the North America where Liberal = Left (if you can even call them left lol).

@beepoboopo546

Ай бұрын

Liberal parties range from centre-right to centre-left it's a very amorphous label

@penzorphallos3199

Ай бұрын

Conservatives care about democracy, social and economic liberty without large state interventions or social upheavals. They are market liberals and social conservatives. The real question is why are 'Liberals', those who make liberty restricting economic or social regulations and introduce the government into people's personal lives, still called 'liberals' at all. If not, statists or authoritarians.

@Talisguy

Ай бұрын

The Liberal Party is Australia's main conservative party, slightly confusingly, so it does happen sometimes.

The CDP (Constitutional Democratic Party) isn’t perfect either. They don’t want to remilitarize Japan and are opposed to nuclear energy which are the reasons I don’t really support them too much more than the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party). Funny thing is that the LDP is not liberal at all and is actually quite conservative.

@KarthikAyyalasomayajula

Ай бұрын

Apparently most Japanese decided the CDP was a disaster to avoid after their term in 2009-2012, though I don't know the specifics I don't think the LDP will lose power, but if they do I'd guess it's to another party

@shiki325

Ай бұрын

Energy is expensive as fuck and Nuclear would reduce energy cost but Sadly people are still scared of it cause of 2011

@rheacevert

Ай бұрын

The LDP was dabbling their fingers in reempowering fascism under Kishi very shortly after it was formed, so it’s not like the apple has fallen far from the tree

@OrionTails

Ай бұрын

​@@KarthikAyyalasomayajula I think you meant the JDP, not the CDP.

@alexlehrersh9951

Ай бұрын

They bowed to the west in certain thinks so nope they are only lightly coservative There is another party right of them

They should just make Japan in the 80s again

what if its good when different parties are in power at times

0:37 Sure y'all weren't talking about the Tories??