Japan Oct 22 2017

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LDP and JCP on the same side? 😂 Only in Japan!

Although that said, why are KP with ORA? Is it because they want to ally with whoever might is most likely to be in charge?

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By the way, when will the pro-military constitutional referendum likely be?

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Wait why would you think that? Koike is surely to the right of DP, even with Maehara being on the right of the party.

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Could the DP Left join up with the moribund SDP? And I assume the unions will leave the DP with the Left, right?

Also lmao at Ozawa coming in to join Koike. Of course he's mates with Koike, of course.

And the DP and its predecessors may have had useless heads, but I struggle to think of one dumber than Seiji.

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Do the communists have their own union that has bad blood with Rengo or something?

If I was part of the Communists, I would advocate a reinvention and rename, but I suppose the cadre are happy in their perpetual cult status.

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What are the DP members of the House Of Councillors like Renho doing?

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will CDP maintain the alliance with JCP?

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I hope it's right (not that I am putting any stock in it whatsoever...)

Yeah, as a rule one does not want to put too much stock in a poll that is being announced with a cartoon picture with spaceships.

On the contrary, I hope it become standard practice in all countries.

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Are we going to expect Nippon Ishin no Kai to sweep Osaka?

Also, what is Okinawa politics like at this level? Do they elect ant-American or left Diet members

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福岡 (Fukuoka) which is in Southern Japan PR poll

LDP   30.0
HP     11.5
KP       6.5
CDP     6.5

Frankly this poll should also have LDP worried.  In places like 福岡 (Fukuoka) LDP-KP PR vote should be in the low 50s.  福岡 (Fukuoka) is more anti-LDP than most in Southern Mainland Japan but Southern Mainland Japan is usually a LDP clean sweep except for isolated spots. 

Given Kyushu/Fukuoka's status as Yakuza land, does that, err, influence the local LDP?

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why didn't the DJP pass a decent electoral reform while they had the chance, ugh.

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I see that Naoto Kan took his district seat back.

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