Oh, bother.
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According to the article, critics within the party are becoming more outspoken. The LDP is not stable right now.
Koike's victory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly also makes him look shaky, to the point that she might genuinely have a shot at the PM seat. There's blood in the water. Although he could survive this, if he revamps his cabinet and curries favour with his own party. It isn't looking good for him though.
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A Taiwanese charity helps disabled people with sex.
Renho's stepping down due to declining votes. She'll be the interim head of the DPJ until a new leader can be voted.
In the wake of Inada being forced to leave as MOD, Abe announced that he won't rush plans for revising the Japanese constitution, now preferring a timetable to plan around it.
Residents of Sakata in Yamagata are practicing drills on how to take cover from an ICBM attack.
This of course has anti-nuke activists in Japan worried... 'cause of being reminded of 1945.
It really shouldn't. Because Japan did not see those nukes coming, either time. Even after the first one the higher up believed that America couldn't possibly have another ready to do. They were obviously wrong.
That being said, I don't blame them for getting nervous, but the analogy is not exact.
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The UN Security Council unanimously voted in favor of new sanctions on North Korea.
Apparently the Kim regime's recent "antics" are really annoying Beijing, because I would have expected them to simply abstain from the vote given recent friction with the USA.
The day China breaks out in a fully choreographed "Fuck You" number aimed at Pyongyang gets closer... 
North Korea's ambassador to the UN said that the sanctions won't scare them from not doing further ICBM research.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170808_03/
News on Inada's resignation as the head of the MOD. 50% of people being polled want her to show up in a Diet session.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/alookatthenewforeignminister/
A look at Taro Kono. One of the few politicians willing to back immigration due to the birth rate declining lately and his willingness to discontinue the tradition of visiting Yasukuni. Although his relatives are interned there...
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170810_01/
Che's photos on exhibit in Tokyo.
HRH Princess Mako is scheduled to get married to her classmate Kei Komuro.
Y'all know where this is going.
The law in the night
Going to inspire an incredibly long and shitty Shonen Anime series?
That, plus the usual problem of the imperial family running out of potential heirs.
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
I was expecting a long and shitty light novel series. Which then somehow becomes popular and gets a long and shitty shonen anime series.
Beats the slight meme of her in a sailor fuku.
"WOKEN UP AT BY AN AIR RAID SIREN FOR A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE. ABSOLUTE CUNTS. Who fires missiles this early in the morning." ~ Quote provided by twitter
Welp, isn't this wonderful.
Safe and out of Japan now, even though the ICBM flew over Hokkaido.
Foreign Troper
Welp
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/30/japan-minister-tara-aso-praises-hitler-right-motives
Is this guy Trump's pen pal or something?
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Taro Aso is a career politician who has long been infamous for gaffes and general dickery.
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https://ph.news.yahoo.com/japan-princess-announces-engagement-commoner-083259747.html
It's now official. Wedding is due by next year. Some lawmakers are suggesting that families who were stripped of royalty status by the Allies should be reinstated.
The article mentions past female rulers. Were they actual queens/empresses or merely regents for young princes who became emperors/kings, or are there cases of both?
edited 3rd Sep '17 6:39:24 AM by Quag15
A bit of both. The old Japanese system (before the Meiji Restoration) did allow for female rulers, it was just very rare.
Then of course there is the ancient case of Queen Himiko, but this predates any real imperial system or a concept of a Japanese nation outside of the Yamato.
edited 3rd Sep '17 6:47:38 AM by TerminusEst
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How long before the LDP turns on him?
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.