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They were full crazy long before China stopped aiding them as it used to/cut ties with the regime.
Oh, bother.
I wonder if Taiwan will be brought up in the conference. If so, it probably won't mean anything good for it, especially since Tsai-Ingwen has done a spectacular job of pissing off Beijing.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
A Reuters source is claiming that Kobe Steel has faked product data for over 10 years
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SPONSORED And that could be just the tip of the iceberg, legal experts have said, given the potential legal fallout as compensation for even a small number of the 500-odd companies engulfed in the scandal could prove costly.
Japan’s No.3 steelmaker is still trying to nail down the extent of the tampering, said the source, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
According to an unsourced Nikkei report, the cheating at the firm went on for decades with the knowledge of plant and quality control managers, well over the 10 years that Kobe Steel had acknowledged last week
“We cannot confirm the Nikkei report as our investigation is ongoing,” a Kobe Steel spokesman said.
The revelations made on Oct. 8 have sent shockwaves through supply chains around the world ensnaring companies from operators of Japan’s iconic bullet trains to the world’s biggest aircraft maker, Boeing Co,.
Abe’s ruling coalition poised to win over 300 seats: election forecast
Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, may take as many as 310 seats altogether, which would give the coalition the two-thirds majority needed to propose constitutional amendments.
Abe has vowed to step down if the ruling coalition fails to secure a simple majority of at least 233 seats.
The forecasts are based on reporters’ coverage of electoral districts across the country, opinion polls and past election results. A total of 1,180 candidates are running for the Lower House.
Oh, bother.
Guess Japan will continue to be an effectively one-party state for a while longer.
A New York Times opinion is arguing that it will be a conservative two-party system with Koike (who is from the same circles as Abe). Technically three with the Komeito in tow.
edited 17th Oct '17 1:04:35 AM by TerminusEst
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This year‘s typhoon season unlike the Cavalcade of Horrors in the Atlantic has been inactive but now Typhoon Lan is approaching Japan and has apparently an enormous windfield; large windfields kick up large storm surges.
Japan's Shinzo Abe wins resounding election victory
A survey by Japan’s TBS television showed Abe's Liberal Democratic Party-led (LDP) coalition was set to win 311 seats, meaning it would hold its two-thirds "super majority" in the 465-member lower house. Other broadcasters, however, predicted that the coalition would fall just short of the super majority mark.
The vote took place as a powerful typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 180 kilometers per hour (110 miles per hour) plowed into the island-nation.
Voters were delivering a verdict on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's nearly five years in power. Since coming into power in December 2012, he has promoted a controversial policy of rebooting Japanese defense by revising the country's post-war pacifist constitution.
A clear case of "No other alternative mainstream party to vote for" in Japan.
That and many of the other new parties have no money to set up candidates in the first place. LDP and especially Komeito voters are very motivated and disciplined.
edited 22nd Oct '17 7:55:24 AM by TerminusEst
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How many seats is Koike's party expected to take? And when will the definitive results come out?
I don't know about the final results, but Koike's party (Kibo no To) is struggling to keep its pre-election 57 seats. The big opponent is the Constitutional Democratic Party and it's predicted to go from 16 to 58.
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How long will it take for a new party to shake things up in Japan, with a generational change or something akin to En Marche in France? The new party in France utterly pushed out the two major parties earlier this year (not so much in the Senate due to lack of sufficient presence in lower-level institutions), and something like that could have a bigger impact than an existing party in resurgence.
Political and bureaucratic inertia seem to be king in Japan, even when compared to Western democracies.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
To the national Diet? A very long time, the system by design favours the large established parties. Locally though they might be able to have a few key wins. Money is a key issue, so a party of youngsters is very unlikely to get far without significant backing from an already established party.
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But what about the Nippon Kaigi? I mean, isn't almost every politico in Japan, regardless of party, a Nippon Kaigi member?
Mostly LDP in terms of party affiliation, although some others are in there as well (people shuffle around a lot). Other members include the head priests of prominent Shinto shrines, along with civil servants. Then there are just residents of their local chapters (Tokyo, Hiroshima etc.).
Some join it just to further their own careers, not necessarily out of any real ideological reasons.
edited 23rd Oct '17 3:36:18 AM by TerminusEst
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Using the Diplomat as a source the official Japanese snap election result is thus:
Among the opposition parties, the center-left Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) secured 55 seats, exceeding the 50 won by Yuriko Koike’s Kibo no To (Hope) party, despite earlier expectations of a strong showing by Tokyo’s first female governor.
Looks like Article 9 being amended is more and more likely.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41734361
The Swedish government is informed that Gui Minhai was allowed to go abroad from China, but no one has seen him.
It probably will happen. Although from what I remember, it was officially supposed to be changed so that the JSDF has a properly clarified position as the nation's military.
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Is there any possibility that Abe could get away with a full repeal?
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
He can do it, that's not a problem, he has the required seats in both houses. However, it will be a tough sell for the public that is divided on the issue. If he wants to gamble he might try, but then again, it's not really needed. He only needs to change the wording to get what he wants, so I don't think he will. Or it will be years ahead of us.
edited 24th Oct '17 10:07:28 PM by TerminusEst
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I don't care about Japan wanting a real military of their own. They have relied on us absolutely for decades but, with our current president, I wouldn't want to rely on us for protection, either.. Alliances are, at best, temporary arrangements that can easily fold any time so putting all your eggs in that basket is supremely stupid. What with everything else going on around them, that just gives Japan even more reason to want a proper military of its own.
To Jiang's (East Asian surnames are written first) credit, he probably believed that an appeased DPRK with a trustworthy business and security partner in the form the PRC would lead to a more stable world than the one we currently live in, where a PRC that aggressively cuts ties with the DPRK leads to the latter panicking and going into full nuclear siege mentality.
edited 9th Oct '17 7:12:19 PM by FluffyMcChicken