@@cherubin7th Is it really, though? Considering the LDP's severe sexism, unpopular position on same sex marriage, militarist underpinnings, repeated corruption scandals, and the iffy economic policies?
@@architkumarsingh4547 The west (Germany especially) is learning that these methods are nowhere near as effective as nuclear. Those forms of renewables just don't produce enough energy for major power grids.
@@architkumarsingh4547It's barely possible to have a 100% renewable grid on paper. It's straight up impossible in practice. The technology simply isn't there yet. Not to mention the fact that solar energy is so cheap because China makes it...
While I’d normally agree … for a country susceptible to violent earthquakes and tsunamis, and while still spending ¥trillions on cleanup following Fukushima … in their case, maybe not.
@@CTCTraining1The trillions of yen is mostly for the Tsunami. Additionally the other Nuclear Power Planta were in the Tsunami’s area but weren’t affected as they took proper precautions (such as not putting your emergency diesel generators below sea level as what happened at Fukushima). There was even an oil plant that was struck and burned and many media confused those images with that of the Fukushima Daiachi NPP
Only left wing care about climate change. Japan is a far right country. I mean just look at their immigration policy. It's a very xenophobic country unfortunately.
I think its rediculus that a country like japan invests i a technology where you have no idea what you should do with its waste, that is than passed to the next generations. Much more worse: If it breakes it kills thousands to millons of people. Meanwhile Japan got a lot of sun, streams in the sea and tons of wind. They get endless energy from there with no problem of waste or huge desasters.
@@jokersauce5100 It's just unpopular among the public in Japan (sad as that is), due to the legacy of the atomic bombings and the Tohoku earthquake (which caused the crisis around the Fukushima reactor).
Man, wanting to shut down nuclear power when you're reliant on heavy industry as a major source of jobs and protection is wild, has Japan not learned ANYTHING from Germany's debacle?! What a self-own
When your nation have lot of risk for natural disaster and recover thing from thier mess up in sendai is no joke and still burn ton of trillion yen to make those place livable and safe enough to live. You think to about Chernobyl thing but in scenario that close to big city like Greater Osaka and Greater Tokyo so in that situation will be unbearable for government for sure. PS. You can found these similar problem when COVID 19 arrived in Japan or especially Tokyo , You may realise how mess up it will be.
That is wrong. And a red herring. So many counter examples. Ah and what do you do with its waste? Make it a problem of the next generations? I don't get it.
@@Rok..yes, this is one of the biggest problems that face nuclear energy. Waste management of spent fuel rods and other radioactive materials continues to be the biggest thorn in the side of pro-nuclear advocates. However it is not as if these solutions to not exist. Burying the material in the ground and filling the hole with clay can shield the surface from the radiation to levels that are lower that the standard background radiation. But more importantly it is worth weighing the pros and cons of nuclear energy up against things like coal and oil. Coal and oil plants both increase the chances of contracting deadly diseases such as types of cancer more than living next to a nuclear plant. Moreover, the human cost of extraction for coal and oil and the refining of oil causes more deaths than nuclear energy per unit of energy produced. Some studies suggest that coal is 1000x deadlier than nuclear and oil is 300x deadlier. So if your priority is human life it should be no question. Finally, climate change caused by fossil fuels will cause things like floods and droughts and more dangerous typhoons. All of these cause significant economic damage and would end up costing a lot more money than just digging a hole to put some nuclear waste into.
It seems reasonably common that you get prominent female politicians with these views. I think conservatives like promoting women as it helps deflect accusations of sexism.
It's hilarious how leftists think they're entitled to the votes of women and then bluster when those women don't vote the way they demand that they do. lol
Sadly, Shinjiro Koizumi is well known for his poor performance in interviews. He always repeats phrases which has the same meaning in a single answering like “I think we can’t stay as is. That’s why I think Japan can’t stay as is.” His rhetoric has now become a popular meme called “Shinjiro-Kobun(進次郎構文)” in my country. Moreover, he insists workers in a big corporation should be fired more easily, which will lead to devastate middle class earners and domestic demand. His only advantage is that his father is Junichiro Koizumi, a previous PM of Japan😢😢
@@TokyoBalletReprise Sanae Takaichi is supposed to be the best candidate. She insists “economic outweighs financial affairs”, in which she offers a new option of stimulating demand through adopting a expansionary fiscal policy. She is considered as conservative, which means she is seeking for taking advantage of the global economy to maximize national profits.
@@TokyoBalletReprise Shinzo Abe has a relationship with unification church, but Sanae Takaichi doesn’t. Her advocates are very enthusiastic, so she wouldn’t lose her supporters even if she turns out to be in a tie with this cult.
Some Koreans speculate that Koizumi is intentionally downplaying his abilities to avoid power struggles within the LDP. But this is Japanese politics, so the Japanese youth might be correct. He might really be dumb.
@@Isl33p Very few if any Koreans would follow Japanese elections unless they live in Japan or have to travel there a lot. The only foreign elections that gets talked about are the US elections because that matters
@@grapesurgeon So how is he saying the only ection that matters is the US, is debatable? The world is talking about america and its election not no dang japan
The other candidates: Taro Kono: Neo-liberal, almost libertarian. Passionate about digitilizing and deregulating economy. Capable in policy-making and PR, and can come up with original policies. Often seen as dictatorial and arrogant, and not good with consensus building. Third-generation politician. Takayuki Kobayashi: Socially conservative, economically centrist. Relatively young and seen as competent, and well liked among the colleagues. Popular among legislators but not among general public. Policy programs are vague. Former Ministry of Finance Official. Yoshimasa Hayashi : Moderate, dovish figure. Have close connections to both China and US. Close aid to the current PM Kishida, and local rival to former PM Abe from their respective fathers' era. Good reputation in crisis management. Seen as too pro-China by the Right wing. Toshimitsu Motegi : Former McKinsey consultant and known to have sharp mind. Opportunistic in policy positions. Experienced in party politics and policy making, and known as tough negotiator. Hated by his subordinates and have negative reputation about the personality. Yoko Kamikawa : Centrist. Known as competent administrator and diplomat. Unlike Takaichi, popular among women, and advocate for women's' right. Takes relatively conciliatory approach and hard to identify her original policies. Former think tank researcher and entrepreneur. Katsunobu Kato: Socially conservative, but supporter of big government in economy. Used to be very close to former PM Abe. Hard to differentiate from other conservatives like Takeichi, and have low name recognition. Former Ministry of Finance Official.
@@Amorousstake5 Not true, this often happens in non-diverse countries, look at diverse America for example, there is a big difference between the fascist Trump and Kamala because of the experiences created by the diversity of her background.
@@ahmedOsama81931 Wait what? You REALLY think that Kamala is a good condidate? She may be better then Trump, but in no way or form is she a GOOD condidate.
I think you guys significantly over-estimate Koizumi's strength. In my opinion, his support amongst the public and party is extremely superficial and honestly his main assets are simply that he's young, handsome, and his father is a popular former Prime Minister. He has very little public speaking skills (very gaffe-prone) and very little political skill. I frankly think whoever takes him down and absorbs his support will be the one to win.
I talked to my Japanese counterpart during work and he said that there is a very high chance that the Japan's dominant party, LDP, might divide into 3 political parties due to much subtle but very messy factional politics.
Nope. The simple answer is No. The LDP will probably follow suit like the ANC for example in the 2024 SA General Election, the support for the LDP significantly declined, but still remained as the largest party. It just that LDP will lose their parliamentary majority since 2012. Plus the LDP still haves Komeito as their coalition partners, so whatever the case, its likely that the LDP will just most likely lose its majority but still govern since Komeito can give them the necessarity support needed to get over the 233 Seats needed for majority. But who knows? Maybe another 2009 can happen in 2025, or earlier.
Before the Japanese consider voting for Koizumi, they should take a look at Justin Trudeau. Son of popular PM? CHECK Relatively young and inexperienced? CHECK Says stupid shit? CHECK Looks like Takaichi genuinely has the best record in this race.
Sanae Takaichi is quite "conservative", and hawkish, and idolizes Abe despite his quite ineffective policies that especially impoverished women by boosting contract workers rather than full employment.... so anyone but her, please. Yoko Kamikawa is a much better choice for the first female PM.
Its insane that the party is so unfocused on things that actually matter that the question of if married couples can have different surnames, or not is a major divide .
People have been trying to pass this law for the longest time tho, first time I was in Japan in 2016 it was already being debated in parliament. It baffles me that there are people against it.
Honestly? The debt problem in Japan specifically feels unsolvable. Simply because people are too frugal that any policy that involves "X will induce spending, productivity, consumption, etc." just doesnt work So the other solution would be austerity, but after years of austerity elsewhere in the world it proves that it also isnt a viable.
It's not a problem in the first place. This is because the Bank of Japan, which is a subsidiary of the government, has the authority to issue currency, and it is the Japanese financial institutions and Japanese people who lend money. and on the balance sheet, assets exceed debt.
I'm talking about government debt. As you said, private companies had about 100 trillion yen in bad loans, and it took 10 years to clear them, which led to a deflationary recession in the late 1990s. Greek economic crisis occurred because Greece did not have the right to issue currency.
Yes, the traditional position of the majority of the candidates including the former two here is anti-nuclear, but practically all of them have backpedaled on this position. I don't think saying they are currently anti-nuclear is quite fair. Koizumi has been approving reintroduction of more nuclear and most candidates at least want as much nuclear as is strictly necessary. Also, the digital minister is "Taro Kono". He would be probably the best one of this sad lot except thanks to him speaking his mind too much, blocking a ton of random citizens on Twitter, a scandal involving a family-owned company allegedly doing business with China and just generally being a little too progressive he's erased his chances at winning forever.
A friend of mine who lived in Japan and keeps up with news there called her 'Japanese Kemi Badenoch' and made a joke about the monkeys paw curling on someone who wanted a female Japanese PM (funnily enough his fav, Seiko Noda, didn't even make it to this stage).
It’s incredible how the same party has been in charge in Japan since the late 1940s with the exception of an intermisson during the Great Recession. Hopefully a strong centre left party emerges in Japan soon.
@@ahmedOsama81931 Japan had a huge left wing movement after the war and during the 60s there were a lot of communist students movement, the social democratic party was even shortly in power in 1994 to 1996 after which the center left collapsed. Being a ethnically homogeneous country does not stop a socialist movement from beinig created.
Shinjiro’s father, Junichiro, had extremely neoliberal economic policies and caused the worst unemployment crisis in Japanese history, which still lingers to this day. Many fear that his policies (especially regarding market restrictions) will cause the same effect.
It's actually a lot simpler than that. Japan is effectively a semi royal/one-party state with many of the candidates having relatives who either are or were in government. So it doesn't matter who ends up winning the party leadership unless the ones pulling the strings at the back get flushed out.
@@ahmedOsama81931 Typicall extreme. The more extreme the less political parties. Just rn overall in the world the right wing are leading the left got nearly completly destroyed, to the point where "social economy" is extreme left.
It seems that wanting immigrants to assimilate is called xenophobia. Curiously, Europeans wishing those who would not assimilate to assimilate. Sweden asks you to leave because he will give you money. Americans say, ``Don't eat pet cats or ducks,'' but they are not called xenophobic. Despite the fact that Asians are treated as outsiders even though they have lived there for decades and contributed to the local society. America and Europe are strange.
@@njujuznem6554 Weird considering that Nuclear is incredibly safe and that Japan is probably of a very reputable standard. After disasters things tend to get better. Not a stab at you, more at the logic behind some in this political party.
@@Realswagoverlord true , strictly , it's an irrational fear. However , can you blame them? after Fukushima , they are not so hot for having nuclear reactors , when earthquakes and tsunamis could do another incident.
Usually dominant parties are supposed to offer stability and security, but they have had so much turnover in the past couple of years, the LDP no longer seems like the stable option.
One thing the new PM has to take care of is preventing the imperial dynasty to go extinct either by allowing woman to join the line of succession (there are only three people left) and/or reintroduce the old imperial cadet branches to the line of succession after being thrown out of it in 1947.
Many uninspiring people to pick from who would at best stem the decline, perhaps even see a slight rise in popularity again for a little bit, only for it to crash and burn even harder.
For the first time in my life I am leaning more towards an older politician. Honestly having a defense minister that is this progressive is mind blowing especially when we are talking for Japan. By far the most compitent of three based on this brief introduction. Japan needs to further unify with Korea and ideally with the rest of South East Asia, rather than provoking China and North Korea. Japan is not the tiger that used to be, isolationism is not the way to go when Japan still has the power to be the leading country in a more cooperative Asia and that would probably solve the long running issue of population decline as well.
@@bebebaba3442 The problem is that Japan is also provoking South Kore with its war crime denialism which is not a good thing if you want to check China.
@@bebebaba3442 If you really are into Asian politics you'd know that Japan is provoking other Asian nations a lot and in disrespectful ways that is interfering with diplomacy. Many countries had to cut ties or break deals because someone had to make a stupid comment about "the empire" or "the lesser nations" from the Japanese cabinet. Japan sometimes in diplomacy is seen as hostile as China, just in different ways, way way more stupid ways. Also they can't stop provoking south Korea, which was part of the reason for my comment. And there is more, Malaysia and Indonesia also had to cut deals in the past. Major players and major powers at this point.
@@Helania12 Japan has apologized multiple times and paid compensations + according to 1965 agreement, all issues were declared as resolved regarding Japan-South Korea relations, but up until now almost every Korean president uses anti-Japan hatred for political gains. Japan is the only sane neighbour of South Korea. It’s not Japans responsibility to deal with South Korea’s mental issues.
Before hearing about the policies of the 3, I would never have imagined the ishiba was the least worse. I hate that there are so many people against nuclear tho.
So complicated, in my country Prime Ministers get to serve as long as they like, one guy served for 31 years (winning all elections by huge margins he participated after he was voted in), PM choose when to step down and also choose who should take over them, even if the person to eventually take over him is his own son. His son later goes on to win all his elections by landslide margin and after ruling for 20 years recently stepped down voluntarily.
I'm Japanese. Sanae Takaichi is the most popular candidate on the Internet, and it's not even close. I also like her. She's the most articulate about everything and puts Japan first. Shinjiro Koizumi, on the other hand, is the least popular. Many people say if he becomes prime minister, it'll be the end of Japan. And I agree with them. He's an embarrassment. He can't even answer questions.
So basically we're stuck choosing 1 out of 3, or rather just between diversity and not being a war-crime denialist: Ishiba: Old male moderate Takaichi: Old female revisionist (and homophobe) Koizumi: Young male revisionist
Ishiba has more experience so that might sway some a soniority in Japan is a big thing thoughKoizumi is an ex prime minister's kiddo so nepotism if course also plays a role, as a guy that dislikes the LDP and what they stand for I would go for Shigeru yet thus us Japan and changes are slow specially with a corrupt party at the head that is by this point basically the state.
Why do you play so much attention on quote unquote "revisionism" when there are far more policies at play? This is how you get stuck with the worse candidate. Don't try to educate other countries with these reactionary stances either.
Ikr that anti nuclear stance is disappointing, everything else looks better, the female candidate is clearly an idiot and a warhawk but atleast she is pro nuclear, an amalgamation of the 2 would be perfect lmao.
Koizumi is the only one of the three discussed candidates not openly affiliated with the far right Nippon Kaigi lobbying group, so that's enough to make me hope he wins.
@@Talisguyhe has been visiting the Yasukuni Shrine and don’t forget, his father did it many times as PM which caused controversy. That’s already worrying me.
It's frightening how nationalistic all of them are, which I suppose is a huge part of the LDP. It's a long shot, but I wish Taro Kono was higher up there. Last time, he was the favorite among the public... which also means he wasn't so popular among the politicians. I hate the LDP, but I would have been okay with Kono.
You would think that with Japan being the world's oldest nation on average healthcare costs, prevention of labour shortages and how to raise the birthrate would be the main issues, not double surnames or not. Although I got to admit that the nuclear power/energy transition and defense are of course important too.
No chance because no one with that name exists at least among the candidates. The fact that the video would completely misspell a name shows the interest in him in general. Unfortunate since I agree he does seem to be the only reasonable one.
It would be nice if you could explain the politics of the parties you talk about rather than assuming we know what they are. I for one know nothing about the LDP as so was hard to understand this video, the same is true of the parties in the video about the recent german elections
What's surprising: The Kishida administration hasn't lost much of a deal, but the media's negative campaign has caused its approval rating to drop to the ground In addition, the public has not lost support for the LDP itself, and the LDP's support rate is currently recovering
Kishida's alleged failings, both the Unification Church issue and the slush fund scandal, are evidence of the bad governance of the Abe Shinzo era and are structural flaws in the LDP, so in reality the party's approval rating should fall more than the cabinet's approval rating, but in fact it is the opposite. Of course, as Kishida is the head of the LDP, I think it is appropriate for him to take responsibility and resign, but it is clearly strange that the LDP's approval rating will recover as a result of this party leadership election.
My wife is Japanese and had to change her surname to mine on the legal documents, even though we don't live in Japan and she uses her original surname otherwise. That is her choice and I respect that. It's so silly that this issue would be politicised.
Scrapping Nuclear Energy would be a total disaster for Japan's industry and the environment! How can they be so foolish as to even consider it!? I hope the women wins just for that, even if she's a warmongerer (if she is).
I like TLDR channels, but the introduction to their sponsor segment at the end is always patronizing. It’s always some variation of, “you know, the world is super complicated and you are probably too dumb to understand it without doing a bunch of courses from our sponsors and then you’ll be smart 😎”
Just ignore it, it's a part of doing business. I ignore the clickbaity headlines for the same reason. They need to do that for the algorithm. I like them otherwise, I'm happy to let them do what they need to.
Hey, at least its an improvement over the other ad bit. Basically calling all the TLDR watchers as people who just want to come off as being smart at social gatherings :T
Man they are all bad. A couple have some ok ideas but mixed in with some awful ones. For those who don't know, Yasukuni Shrine is like if Germany had a memorial to its war dead that included memorials for Himmler and Goering and Eichmann
Koizumi is at least not affiliated with the far-right, Imperial Japan apologist lobby group Nippon Kaigi, while Ishiba and Takaichi are, so if it has to be one of them I hope it's Koizumi.
Even then it's still fine, I think just one person died from radiation from Fukushima ... total. Nuclear is only dangerous if you're Russia but otherwise (and even including Russia) it's the safest form of energy.
It's fine in Japan too. They have plenty reactors that work without issues. Fukushima was warned their bakckup generators were not ready for a flooding multiple times and the agency didn't react to the warnings, it's that simple. Had they installed precautions according to the warnings, nothing would have gone wrong. But even then it took 2 major catastrophes, a massive earthquake and a tsunami to cause a meltdown that did more psychological damage than real damage.
@@davidbodor1762It didn't do kinetic damage or human body damage, but it did moderately contaminate a significant area. But yeah, the incident was improbable yet avoidable with some more siting/tsunami/flooding safeguards.
@@crash.override A lot of residents didn't want to evacuate or want to go back, but they're just not allowed to do so, even if it would be safe for them. While it contaminated some areas, the actual Tsunami flooding the town did far more damage.
The problem with people is that they want fast results when a new prime minister is elected in. But it takes time for the results to be feel by society.
It's ironic that the oldest candidate is the most in touch among these 3. Reality is japan do need to an asian nato, ease reliance on nuclear power but be realistic in it. Having an equal footing with the US maybe a stretch but considering how much stronger south korea got trying to do the same is actually a great move for japan itself especially its military industry.
No he got the right idea. Opposition means dog shit in Japanese politics. The real election is the presidential election within the LDP and the factions act as parties within party.
One thing I noticed looking through Japan twitter is that every mf would blame the LDP for the current decline and woes of Japan, but they don't offer a clear alternative; when they do it's usually Netouyo-adjacent single issue voter of right wing cultural values. This makes me think Japan's just a lost cause and no matter what faction takes charge of the nation, it's just destined to be this way unless the root culture of nation changes which I don't see happening in the next century.
While on principle I'm for younger people in top positions, in this case I would have to say Ishiba based solely on the publicly stated platform. What am I missing? BTW: It seems like Koizumi is a "W" situation in the making. Just saying' I'm not for family dynasties on principle either.
God, no. UK 'Labour' have gotten their shit together by purging all elements that actually want to reform the UK in any serious way. UK Labour is really the UK LDP left-faction. Their equivalent, the Japanese Democrats, already won in 2010, and they did nothing and lost to Shinzo Abe. Starmer is on the same track in my view.
