@@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).
@@realkekz No. Their are no problem with nuclear energy. Their are thousand of earthquake in Japan any year and in fifty year of nuclear use, only one incident. It's just lobbying to get money under use of coal, gaz and oil and people who use the fear of Japanese people against their interest. Just see the situation in Germany: Economic crisis due to inflation of electricity price. Germany was the factory of europe and now they want to go out the country because the bill are to high due to gas use.
@@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...
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.
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.
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.
Every squad got the : Conservative neoliberal Conservative neoliberal Conservative neoliberal Conservative neoliberal Conservative neoliberal Conservative neoliberal Holy shi* I think I just join the LDP
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.
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 don't know if Koizumi is a good person, but I support him becoming prime minister. I think that the policies he puts forward are probably not the policies he came up with, but the policies he puts forward were thought up by other politicians who support him, but at least his policies are necessary for Japan. Currently, Japan is in a state where there is a shortage of manual laborers and a saturation of clerical laborers, and in addition, Japan's finances are under a lot of pressure due to pension expenditures. Relaxing dismissal regulations and raising the pension eligibility age will increase employment mobility, thereby resolving the labor shortage of blue-collar workers, reducing wasteful expenditures and reducing the fiscal deficit, so I am convinced that Koizumi's policies will save Japan from the collapse that awaits it in the future.
@@ciello___8307 Even if Shinjiro Koizumi does not have a track record, he is the only one considering policies that could solve these serious problems that cannot be ignored.
@@ciello___8307 Other candidates have not explained concrete and credible ways to address these issues. For example, Sanae Takaichi has said that she will solve the problem of pensions and other issues putting pressure on the national finances by increasing tax revenues through economic growth. However, to achieve this, Japan would need to achieve an average annual growth rate of over 5%, on par with India and other countries, which is completely impossible for a mature Japanese economy.
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
I have lived in Japan since 2012. One political problem here is that young people don't vote. They are totally disinterested in politics. Old people come out and vote and they tend to vote conservative = LDP.
Young my friends are also conservative. There are too many problems in Japan so no one including young people wants immigrants because they bring problems. I’m now 19 years old but I support LDP already. The sad thing is that all opposition parties suck. We have a communist party WTF
One of the reasons why young people don't vote is the overwhelming difference in population between the older and younger generations. There are too many first and second baby boomers. They are now in their early 50s and 80s.
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
@@stereomachine 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
One thing you failed to mention is that many of the candidates are scions of various political dynasties. Most notable is Shinjiro Koizumi, whose old man is former PM Junichiro Koizumi, who served from 2001-2006. (The second longest serving PM in the 21st century only after Shinzo Abe) Secondly, though the LDP says the factions are "officially dissolved" as a result of the slush fund scandal, the personal networks of those factions still remain, and how the old faction bosses vote will still be influential.
Politics are politics. I’m sure Japan has some unique circumstances, but because of globalization, political ideologies remain somewhat consistent everywhere in the world; or at least we share an understanding of what ideologies mean what
@@DanielBlak Not necessarily. Can't come up with any such examples in Sweden. Not saying nepotism doesn't exist among politicians here, but it's more often that they give positions to old friends and such than it goes from parent to child. And I don't think people voting for the child of a previous leader is "nostalgia" as much as it just gives people a (false) sense of safety. People think they "know" who the politician is because they assume they're like their parent. That's often the case of course, but there are also examples of politicians from the same family who are in different parties.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
I am a member of the LDP. To be honest, the policies of each candidate don't matter that much. What's important is popularity. Candidates need the recommendation of 20 lawmakers. Since the votes of the lawmakers will be dispersed, the first round will be important for the party members' votes. If no one gets a majority, there will be a runoff election. This is probably what will happen. In the runoff election, lawmaker votes will not be dispersed. That's where the important thing is "factions(派閥、habatsu)." These are like parties within the LDP. Although it was declared dissolved due to a political funding issue, it still has a strong influence. Among them, it is important to gain the support of the Aso faction(麻生派、志向会), which is the strongest and has not yet been dissolved. I think it will be Kono who will gain support. He is the grandson of the founder of the Aso faction. However, in order for that to happen, he needs to remain in the runoff election.
Takaich san is the most popular by internet, and Koizumi san is considered not good enough. Ishiba san is not popular among inside the party, at all. I support Takaichi san!!
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.
moderate? the one who goes to yasukuni shrine and all the rest? she's the most right wing one here. i'd personally vote the guy on the left. or, really, i'd vote for the CDP, but that's beyond me anyhow since i don't live there or have citizenship.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sanae Takacichi is clearly the best out of the 3. Pro Japanese defense, pro nuclear family, pro small government, and pro nuclear power. The others do not compare. A shame she's not polling well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think the information on the nuclear policies of the candidates are a bit old. Now both Ishiba and Koizumi has toned down a bit and are not outright opposed to nuclear energy, though not entirely supportive either.
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.
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.
@@Adzukisama don't think the Abe administration has led such bad politics, at least since it is a matter of factions within the party, it is self-evident that support will be restored once those problems are resolved
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).
The biggest concern I have for Takaichi is she could break the bond with South Korea which was strengthened by Kishida(current pm). She doesn't want to admit the fact that Japan invaded asian countries. Now it is obviously necessary that Japan and South Korea need to cooperate with each other to face our thread together. We are in the most geopolitically dangerous area. We don’t have time
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Nuclear power plants are difficult for Japan, which suffers from many natural disasters such as earthquakes. Have you forgotten the Fukushima accident of the Great East Japan Earthquake?
It’s so funny that calling Takaichi a right. If she was in another country people will see her center left. That’s how much Japanese politics are left heavy.
Not really. I’m not gonna lie and act like I’ve researched the shit outta them, but their policy on quantitative easing makes them sound like a neoliberal (which is right to center right)
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.
Japan is a country located on 4 different tectonic plates which means there are earthquakes and tsunamis every year so it is logical to not want nuclear plants there. Just look at Fukushima...
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.
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.
I am a Japanese citizen. The next prime minister of Japan will be either Shinjiro Koizumi or Sanae Takaichi. Shigeru Ishiba is expected to lose in the run-off vote.
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.
to anyone who supports scrapping nuclear energy: just be aware that most of the big nuclear accidents that happened were very old reactors. i think it'd be more productive if you talk about retooling the older reactors to have updated safety standards instead of just shutting them all down. you'd be throwing the baby out with the bathwater there.
Support for Shinjiro Koizumi has already plummeted, and he has begun to be viewed with suspicion because of the lack of substance in his remarks. In all likelihood, the runoff election will be held between Takaichi and Ishiba
@@thejoin4687 You may not know it, but the penetration of foreign forces in Japan is tremendous The victory of the conservative Takaichi is also gaining support from the center
Japan’s first experience with atomic power didn’t exactly end well. That combined with the Fukushima nuclear disaster gives people quite a bit of doubt in nuclear energy even though it’s been proven time and time again that nuclear is the only source of stable, clean energy that we can have right now. The media likes to report dramatic things for views, nobody cares if a coal plant kills more people than Fukushima each year that it runs as long as the title said “Nuclear Plant destroyed by tsunami, radiation detected!”
I can't believe you didn't mention that Koizumi, whilst environment minister, said that fighting climate change should be fun and sexy
Bruh lol
Based
He puts his foot in his mouth a lot, says a lot of weird things
That just sounds like the best way, to get the public on board
Based alert
You know things are bad when your going through more prime ministers than the u.k
Or Australia
Japan's political drama lately is unreal. Scandal after scandal, erratic candidates marring elections, and serious voter disengagement and apathy.
Could be worse, could have no prime minister like Belgium and Netherlands had for ages, seems like all of the west is having a bit of a wobbly
Not more,
but equal
*Italy enters the chat*
Something that was missed here is Koizumi is the son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who was quite popular for most of his tenure
And his brother Kotaro is an actor.
there was a loooooot missed throughout
I tought they might've been related when I saw the name lol
These are things that happen a lot when your country is not diverse because it is xenophobic.
@@ahmedOsama81931 More a political dynasty thing, Japan has a few of them in the LDP. Abe was the most recent PM from one of them
What is the point on getting rid of nuclear power if you don't have a clean alternative yet?
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Makes you wonder, maybe it's due to external pressures? Who is going to profit from this phase out?
Japan is the earthquake capital of the world, and one of the very few places where nuclear energy is somewhat dangerous as a consequence.
@@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).
@@realkekz No. Their are no problem with nuclear energy. Their are thousand of earthquake in Japan any year and in fifty year of nuclear use, only one incident. It's just lobbying to get money under use of coal, gaz and oil and people who use the fear of Japanese people against their interest. Just see the situation in Germany: Economic crisis due to inflation of electricity price. Germany was the factory of europe and now they want to go out the country because the bill are to high due to gas use.
Japanese politics is such a mess due to the lack of a well organized opposition.
True but its the result of a very tamed and conservative public, trained by the media and the politicians who just work for the rich and themselves.
And how rooted the coalition LDP and Komeito are in Japanese society, a frightening election block really difficult to depose.
Still better than in Europe or USA
@@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?
I mean, the Japanese people could just vote for someone else anyway. Hopefully the CDP.
I understand Fukushima was not easy for Japan but getting rid of nuclear power is not a good idea
Especially when there's no good alternative
@@tommiewan8206 I am not against nuclear.
But what about Wind, Solar, Hydropower ?!
@@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.
Being anti-nuclear is easiest way in Japan to get votes especially in the North lol
@@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...
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
Let them have their own nuclear energy beliefs. They've seen a thing or two so they know a thing or two.
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.
There is no debacle? No heavy industry went bankrupt because of phasing out nuclear energy.
@@RandomGuy-lu1en I agree with you, it is very sad to hear the news of the rise of the far right in Germany.
@@RandomGuy-lu1en yes the no-nuclear german policy has been a huge success we all know that
the anti nuclear energy policy is just ridiculous
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.
@@GrandVizierPestageWas there some critical engineering dilemma that led to Fukushima’s diesel generators being placed below sea level?
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.
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Huh
Damn this should be higher
Every squad got the :
Conservative neoliberal
Conservative neoliberal
Conservative neoliberal
Conservative neoliberal
Conservative neoliberal
Conservative neoliberal
Holy shi* I think I just join the LDP
@@madpig7120 I hate neoliberalism
Nuclear energy is necessary in the short and medium term to fight climate change.
Especially if since Japan is dependent on fossil fuel imports rn. They need to invest into renewables heavily before departing from nuclear.
This
Japan is a xenophobic country so don't expect them to care about climate change.
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.
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 don't know if Koizumi is a good person, but I support him becoming prime minister. I think that the policies he puts forward are probably not the policies he came up with, but the policies he puts forward were thought up by other politicians who support him, but at least his policies are necessary for Japan. Currently, Japan is in a state where there is a shortage of manual laborers and a saturation of clerical laborers, and in addition, Japan's finances are under a lot of pressure due to pension expenditures. Relaxing dismissal regulations and raising the pension eligibility age will increase employment mobility, thereby resolving the labor shortage of blue-collar workers, reducing wasteful expenditures and reducing the fiscal deficit, so I am convinced that Koizumi's policies will save Japan from the collapse that awaits it in the future.
@@qwertyuiopasdfghjk11111koizumi has done nothing to prove he can fix that… he wouldnt be here if he didnt have his fathers name
@@ciello___8307 Even if Shinjiro Koizumi does not have a track record, he is the only one considering policies that could solve these serious problems that cannot be ignored.
@@qwertyuiopasdfghjk11111 all the top ldp contenders have similar policy….
@@ciello___8307 Other candidates have not explained concrete and credible ways to address these issues. For example, Sanae Takaichi has said that she will solve the problem of pensions and other issues putting pressure on the national finances by increasing tax revenues through economic growth. However, to achieve this, Japan would need to achieve an average annual growth rate of over 5%, on par with India and other countries, which is completely impossible for a mature Japanese economy.
It gotta be cool it gotta be fun it gotta be sexy
These characteristics are found in diverse countries, not in xenophobic countries where all the inhabitants have the same characteristics.
4:51 Japanese stone mountain
@@ahmedOsama81931 Diverse countries with low social cohesion and rising tribalism among ethnic groups, how wonderful!
@@ahmedOsama81931bruh what?
It’s weird that the main woman in the race has the most patriarchal platform…
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.
Is she anti-immigrant and xenophobic? If so, I hope she doesn't win.
Just loock at le pen an meloni
@lif6737yeah totally "repress" women, it is not that left-wing women are the most mentally unstable....
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
0:34 Name is misspelled, its Taro Kono, not "Tara".
I have lived in Japan since 2012. One political problem here is that young people don't vote. They are totally disinterested in politics. Old people come out and vote and they tend to vote conservative = LDP.
高齢者の中でも、保守系の政党は60代の高齢者には広く支持されているが、70代以上の高齢者は左翼政党を支持している人が多い傾向があることに注意が必要です。
Young my friends are also conservative. There are too many problems in Japan so no one including young people wants immigrants because they bring problems. I’m now 19 years old but I support LDP already. The sad thing is that all opposition parties suck. We have a communist party WTF
That’s the norm everywhere.
Japan is conservative country tho. Even tho their atheist, East Asia is conservative
One of the reasons why young people don't vote is the overwhelming difference in population between the older and younger generations. There are too many first and second baby boomers. They are now in their early 50s and 80s.
Koizumi is very unpopular among the youth of Japan, he said too many dumb things
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
@@sharpasacueball That's debatable and either way not the main point of the comment you were replying to.
His look seems to really popular with older women. Generally most Japanese youngsters are apolitical because of the kack of choice.
@@stereomachine 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
5:30 - that is the youngest looking 63 year old I've seen in a while😅
Asians basically don't age after 25
The picture is apparently from 2019, so that is partially explained.
Asians start aging at 90yrs
@@davianoinglesias5030 Only Europeans👱 aging fast.
you'll be surprised how many more you can find in asia, esp east asia. to asian eyes she's clearly over 50 though lol
One thing you failed to mention is that many of the candidates are scions of various political dynasties. Most notable is Shinjiro Koizumi, whose old man is former PM Junichiro Koizumi, who served from 2001-2006. (The second longest serving PM in the 21st century only after Shinzo Abe)
Secondly, though the LDP says the factions are "officially dissolved" as a result of the slush fund scandal, the personal networks of those factions still remain, and how the old faction bosses vote will still be influential.
All foreigners in this comment acting like they know Japanese politics is so funny😂
本当これ。日本語で情報収集もしてないくせに適当なことを言う人間が多すぎる。そもそも動画内の河野太郎の名前すら間違えているし笑
@@Ry0-h1b 日本語も分からないのになんで理解したつもりなんだろう。希望的観測か勝手な妄想がさも事実かのように振る舞ってるのばっか
@@Ry0-h1b thats the west for you I'm afraid.
Politics are politics. I’m sure Japan has some unique circumstances, but because of globalization, political ideologies remain somewhat consistent everywhere in the world; or at least we share an understanding of what ideologies mean what
原発について気候変動の立場から言及してる時点で日本の事分かってなさすぎるし、西洋人(多分欧州かな)は本気で世界中の人が気候変動に興味関心あると幻想抱いてるね
Think it was worth covering Koizumi being the son of a previous prime minister. Nepotism runs DEEP in Japanese politics.
Canada's current PM is the son of a PM....it's like this everywhere. People vote based on nostalgia.
@@DanielBlak Not necessarily. Can't come up with any such examples in Sweden. Not saying nepotism doesn't exist among politicians here, but it's more often that they give positions to old friends and such than it goes from parent to child.
And I don't think people voting for the child of a previous leader is "nostalgia" as much as it just gives people a (false) sense of safety. People think they "know" who the politician is because they assume they're like their parent. That's often the case of course, but there are also examples of politicians from the same family who are in different parties.
Here after Ishiba win
As a Japanese, I say takaichi is right, koizumi is middle, ishiba is left in LDP.
It would be interesting to see a relatively young person leading Japan, whenever I see the leaders of Japan they are almost elderly.
Bad, Worse and Worst.
All politicians nowadays
@@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 Both contestants are hot garbage lmao. Stop gaslighting
@@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.
@@raphaelokoye6459 just say you want the orange man to win 🙄
There's no way Takaichi is 63. She looks mid-30
Asian people generally age much slower than the rest.
Asian women hit 30 and then just stop aging until, like, 80.
@@wittyreviewer whytii women start aging at 30 lol
Welcome to Asia.
a standard Japanese:
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.
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😢😢
Who is the best candidate of the 3 then? As an outsider, Ishiba seems the least worst of the 3.
@@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.
@@酢酸ちゃん Wouldn't her ties to Shinzo Abe and the unification church hurt her chances to win though?
@@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.
@@酢酸ちゃん Ah ok. Thank you for responding!
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.
It does seem odd to have one gigantic wide ranging party, at least from a western perspective
No chance.
@@なまはぜ It happened in Canada, the Current Conservative Party was once 3 seperate parties that split off the original Progressive Conservatives.
@@Dexter037S4 That sounds stupid for a party name.
@@なまはぜ Just as stupid as calling a conservative party Liberal Democratic...
The LDP be Torymaxxing
This actually helped. Thank you.
Koizumi also have the benefit of name recognition because of his father who was Japan's PM, something that should have been mentioned in this video
How could you not say that Koizumi is the son of a former Prime Minister???
Does it matter?
Or do we need to go back to the ye old times when family matters in democratic positions?
@@emilioperez6888 if you think it doesn't matter, you don't understand politics in Japan at all.
I am a member of the LDP. To be honest, the policies of each candidate don't matter that much. What's important is popularity. Candidates need the recommendation of 20 lawmakers. Since the votes of the lawmakers will be dispersed, the first round will be important for the party members' votes.
If no one gets a majority, there will be a runoff election. This is probably what will happen. In the runoff election, lawmaker votes will not be dispersed. That's where the important thing is "factions(派閥、habatsu)." These are like parties within the LDP. Although it was declared dissolved due to a political funding issue, it still has a strong influence. Among them, it is important to gain the support of the Aso faction(麻生派、志向会), which is the strongest and has not yet been dissolved. I think it will be Kono who will gain support. He is the grandson of the founder of the Aso faction. However, in order for that to happen, he needs to remain in the runoff election.
It seems to me that Koizumi and Ishiba basically have the same program.
Takaich san is the most popular by internet, and Koizumi san is considered not good enough.
Ishiba san is not popular among inside the party, at all.
I support Takaichi san!!
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If Koizumi or Kono become prime minister this country is finished😢
河野はもう勝算ないだろ…
決選投票で麻生派がどう出るかだな
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.
I’d vote for Takaichi ngl she seems the most moderate of the three balancing progressive reformism and conservative stability
She's extreme.
moderate? the one who goes to yasukuni shrine and all the rest? she's the most right wing one here. i'd personally vote the guy on the left. or, really, i'd vote for the CDP, but that's beyond me anyhow since i don't live there or have citizenship.
@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 Yeah, I don't know japanese politics but I would probably do the same solely based off of the video.
Rewarding and interesting explanation. I wonder who the Membership comprises, ie, what does it take to be a member.
Now Shinjiro is dropping out because “he has no idea.”
This is a very important party leadership vote - this is the world's 3~4th largest economy we're talking about
Takaichi is the only one with sense, why the hell do they want to end nuclear?
People in Japan remember Fukushima and are scared of it happening again.
@@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.
@@njujuznem6554 So irrational fear it is.
@@scootergrant8683 exactly
@@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.
Funny how Japan's PMs are younger than the US despite being older
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.
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.
As I said before, one-party states always exist in non-diverse countries. Japan, unfortunately, is still an anti-immigrant country.
I hope so, but unfortunately a left wing party will not rise in an ethnically homogeneous country😢💔
@@ahmedOsama81931 wtf?
Hopefully not, cause will pretty much make japan end up like Europe, which will fuel the far-right more.
@@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.
Well, the British ditched the Tories due to them constantly fumbling the job. Perhaps it's time the Japanese ditch the LDP? Just a thought.
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.
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.
Sanae Takacichi is clearly the best out of the 3.
Pro Japanese defense, pro nuclear family, pro small government, and pro nuclear power. The others do not compare.
A shame she's not polling well.
I hope LDP will chose a leader who protects freedom of expression Sanae is the only choice if you want to protect Manga
Japan is going for the record with new prime ministers, huh? 😅
Pfft they can't beat the UK
@@sharpasacueball Still trying though 🤷🏻♀️
Gotta give them points for sportsmanship 😅
Didnt Takaichi just top their polls of LDP members though?
Why are all the policies that I like spread between different candidates? Same with the ones I don't like.
that's the problem with politics and politicians everywhere
That's simply because you'll basically never agree with any person a 100%.
Not really that spread. Just take Ishiba's policy and add Takaichi's support for nuclear power and you're golden.
The only one who supports nuclear is also an anti-gay marriage nationalist...sigh...
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.
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.
「同一選挙区で出馬し、親族の地盤を引き継いだ場合に税制優遇される」という特権があるんです。
私の記憶が正しければイギリス議会ではこれ禁止にしていて、他の選挙区から出馬しなければならないんじゃなかったっけ？
日本はイギリス議会を参考にした選挙制度改革が必要です
Am I the only one who has noticed that one-party states are more likely to exist in xenophobic and non-diverse countries?
@@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.
@@ともこともこ-k3r 1. Sweden got called out for being xenophobic 2. Trump is xenophobic only he says it not america and he also got called out for it.
it is really a surprise that in japanese society a 43 year old can poll first
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
Koizumi would be the not-war-crime-denialist in this scenario, since the other two are affiliated with Nippon Kaigi.
Hooray, revisionism in Japan lives and breathes another day! 🥳 /s
@@Talisguy Except Koizumi's visited Yasukuni Shrine. It's almost as if the entire party is a continuation of that which fought and lost WW2.
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.
Why do I feel like I'm getting more about our elections through a video in English 😂
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 .
This is why so many people are disengaged with Japanese politics
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.
かなりどうでもいい議論だからです。日本では職場での利便性を図るために旧名の使用が許されている。
それよりも経済、外交、少子化対策の議論の方が圧倒的に注目されています。
In the latest research, 70% of Japanese citizens are not positive about different surnames for married couples
For some reason it's a national hobby of Japan, Italy and perhaps the UK to have a new prime minister every two years.
Takaichi 2025 🇯🇵❤️
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0:35 It's Taro Kono not Tara Kono.
Honestly, none of the three seem to have an answer to the debt problem
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.
@sharpasacueball You mean the balance-sheet recession and subsequent decades of stagnation? Gov't debt (somehow) doesn't cause them problems.
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.
Debt to whom. Majority of Japanese debt is owned by Bank of Japan. Whose assets surpass Japanese economy itself
Distansing from using nuclear energy is suicidal for island country. They will be left stranded if China decided to occupy the maritime trade route.
Personally, the "young" guy looked great, yet i disagree with his nuclear stance. He female one has a fine stance on this, but idk...
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.
Disaster prone Japan May not date to have a nuclear plant
@@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.
@@Talisguyidk scrapping nuclear reactors seem too far and he visited a war criminal shrine lol
Can Tara Kono have a chance? That dude’s chill af.
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.
Tara Konoじゃなくて Taro Konoな
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.
I think the information on the nuclear policies of the candidates are a bit old. Now both Ishiba and Koizumi has toned down a bit and are not outright opposed to nuclear energy, though not entirely supportive either.
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.
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.
@@Adzukisama don't think the Abe administration has led such bad politics, at least since it is a matter of factions within the party, it is self-evident that support will be restored once those problems are resolved
Had to relisten to hear "China Hawk"
What does that mean?
Oh! So it was Hawk? lol
@@dnnslpptss-ll3cd Tougher stance on China, so more aggressive
Aggressive by producing more jav videos and hentai😂@@clownbread7755
It’d be funny if the runoff did happen between and both of them just constantly insulted lawmakers instead of bargaining with them.
All the leftists in the comments are mad because Japan is politically conservative. Lol.
lol he looks like Taipei’s mayor
Speaking with Japanese people Takaichi's supporters are somewhat enamoured with conspiracy theories
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).
That would definitely track with her being on the right of the party
Don't tell me they believe in ridiculous theories like "the great replacement"
その通りです。高市早苗の支持者はカルト教団の教徒みたいに見える。
I highly doubt the factions are effectively dissolved… now it is fully opaque, as opposed to somewhat opaque.
The biggest concern I have for Takaichi is she could break the bond with South Korea which was strengthened by Kishida(current pm). She doesn't want to admit the fact that Japan invaded asian countries. Now it is obviously necessary that Japan and South Korea need to cooperate with each other to face our thread together. We are in the most geopolitically dangerous area. We don’t have time
Yeah takaichi is a nut job
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.
What dictatorship is this
Its always gonna be the same party anyway, just different faces.
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.
The Japanese will vote the same way: Give up.
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
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.
Your way of thinking goes towards the Greater Good.
“Provoking China and North Korea”
Ah yes, those peaceful countries and a “provoking Japan”
@@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.
どれを選んでも地獄
これが日本の政治
Bro why all the scrapping of nuclear power
Wtf
Fukushima
3/11/2011
Well when your country is located on 4 different tectonic plates it's just logical to do so...
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.
Tory party of Japan
Nuclear power plants are difficult for Japan, which suffers from many natural disasters such as earthquakes. Have you forgotten the Fukushima accident of the Great East Japan Earthquake?
Well, two of the three top candidates haven't.
Fukushima like all other NPP accidents was a result of human error
It’s so funny that calling Takaichi a right. If she was in another country people will see her center left. That’s how much Japanese politics are left heavy.
Not really. I’m not gonna lie and act like I’ve researched the shit outta them, but their policy on quantitative easing makes them sound like a neoliberal (which is right to center right)
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.
Japan is a country located on 4 different tectonic plates which means there are earthquakes and tsunamis every year so it is logical to not want nuclear plants there. Just look at Fukushima...
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
All of them sound like nutcases lol
Well yeah, so the one candidate who doesn't visit it seems to be best.
tbh, I'm fed up with this kind of rhetoric
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.
@@Talisguy Ok, didn't know that.
Shinzu Abe would still be in charge wouldn't he?
*Abe Shizo
Nuclear energy is fine, just not when you're in a prime location for natural disasters like Japan is.
I don't agree
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.
There is no way Koizumi wins run-off after promising to hold snap election.
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.
上川陽子は論外
I am a Japanese citizen. The next prime minister of Japan will be either Shinjiro Koizumi or Sanae Takaichi. Shigeru Ishiba is expected to lose in the run-off vote.
石破でした😂
the defence guy seems cool but not really LDP, he should form a progressive opposition and contest the general imo
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.
to anyone who supports scrapping nuclear energy: just be aware that most of the big nuclear accidents that happened were very old reactors. i think it'd be more productive if you talk about retooling the older reactors to have updated safety standards instead of just shutting them all down. you'd be throwing the baby out with the bathwater there.
Shido for prime minister
Support for Shinjiro Koizumi has already plummeted, and he has begun to be viewed with suspicion because of the lack of substance in his remarks.
In all likelihood, the runoff election will be held between Takaichi and Ishiba
If Takaich wins, we'll have to run off.
@@thejoin4687 You may not know it, but the penetration of foreign forces in Japan is tremendous
The victory of the conservative Takaichi is also gaining support from the center
@@Sicilia. Are you suggesting the two are linked?
The lady is the only one for nuclear power, what is this
Japan’s first experience with atomic power didn’t exactly end well. That combined with the Fukushima nuclear disaster gives people quite a bit of doubt in nuclear energy even though it’s been proven time and time again that nuclear is the only source of stable, clean energy that we can have right now.
The media likes to report dramatic things for views, nobody cares if a coal plant kills more people than Fukushima each year that it runs as long as the title said “Nuclear Plant destroyed by tsunami, radiation detected!”
Shinjiro has never even made a law. and no achievements as the Minister of the Environment. Why so popular like that? crazy media make so