Japan General Discussion

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oh God... Is the LDP still far ahead in the polls? Is there any chance Japan finally gets a credible opposition force?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wait, do young voters commonly vote disproportionately for LDP, or is it a peculiarity of this race?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wait, do young voters commonly vote disproportionately for LDP, or is it a peculiarity of this race?

No, that is actually a general trend last decade or so. Noticed that JCP was strong in those in the 30s which meant that a decade ago JCP was very strong among those in the 20s.  The reason comes down to youth rebel culture.  Before a decade ago the target of youth rebellion was the LDP conservative consensus.  Now that is being replaced by the liberal pacifist consensus that now dominate academic circles.  Fear of the rise of PRC is of course a source of this shift as well.  The best example of this was the Tokyo Governor election of 2014 where Toshio Tamogami (田母神 俊雄) came out of nowhere to win 12.4% of the vote and exit polls showed that he won 25% of the youth vote in Tokyo.  Tamogami's main position was that Japan did not start the Pacific War which was really provoked by FDR and that the Pacific War was one of Japanese defense and not aggression. 

Well, that's thoroughly depressing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

New scandal.  New Minister for Reconstruction Takagi Tsuyoshi (高木毅) is accused of having multiple counts of stealing women's underwear some 30 years ago.  Takagi is not responding to these allegations.   

This is gotta be the most Japanese scandal ever.

[Antonio the Sixth]

New scandal.  New Minister for Reconstruction Takagi Tsuyoshi (高木毅) is accused of having multiple counts of stealing women's underwear some 30 years ago.  Takagi is not responding to these allegations.   

This is gotta be the most Japanese scandal ever.

Matsushima Midori's from last year was more representative of Japan, but this one is more peculiar to Japan.

That's what I meant. I remember Al talking about the "most German scandal ever" when a government minister was accused of plagiarism.

[Antonio the Sixth]

(The LDP literally released a manga starring a high school girl learning the importance of voting which is a pretty Japanese thing to happen).

That's actually pretty awesome. Any chance there's a translation available online, out of curiosity?