I genuinely tried to think of any real achievement, but I honestly can't really think of any. I suppose he helped a lot of people through his twice a year economic support packages?
For ordinary folks, some stimuli, the ol' free money, including the upped child benefit which starts tomorrow. It's 30000 for child#3 and they've extended it to kids in senior high, so we'll get 40,000 more a month.
The main thing with Kishida was business as usual. An LDP funding scandal and Unification church scandal, but nothing done. Masses of evidence against Johnny's jimusho, but nothing done. Demand for different surnames and for gay marriage but nothing done. Foreign relations all as before, with nothing done. Just repeat what the USA says.
Kishida accomplished nothing of note. As with most Japanese prime ministers, he was a placeholder who retained his position until forced out by scandal. In a decade or two, Kishida will be virtually forgotten.
Agreed. He taught us his great vision about a New capitalism, but obviously this turns out a very strange concept where absolutely nothing is done and also leads to an output of absolutely nothing respectively, him included.
"Educationally subnormal was a term used historically in the United Kingdom to refer to children with very limited intellectual abilities" -- until 1981, but I think it can still be applied to Kishida -- he's as thick as sXXt.
I dunno if it is his fault really: when was the last time the world produced an inspirational leader in any country or any sphere? Everybody is a product of failing systems put in place to serve former times and since ossified. Without some kind of awakening to who we really are, where we are and where we are going, we are all destined to repeat the same witless blunders. But there is a lot of inertia and a pretty credulous electorate either deceiving themselves it can all go on the same way forever or looking for solutions in idiots and loudmouths.
A continued record of scandal, shame, failures, deceit, self interest, incompetence in the long line of PM failures. The last one to achieve anything was father Koizumi.
Japan is going to keep declining regardless of who gets the PM job. They could save some money by making a PM robot that can parrot the phrases that politicians use.
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grund
I genuinely tried to think of any real achievement, but I honestly can't really think of any. I suppose he helped a lot of people through his twice a year economic support packages?
kohakuebisu
For ordinary folks, some stimuli, the ol' free money, including the upped child benefit which starts tomorrow. It's 30000 for child#3 and they've extended it to kids in senior high, so we'll get 40,000 more a month.
The main thing with Kishida was business as usual. An LDP funding scandal and Unification church scandal, but nothing done. Masses of evidence against Johnny's jimusho, but nothing done. Demand for different surnames and for gay marriage but nothing done. Foreign relations all as before, with nothing done. Just repeat what the USA says.
SDCA
Lies, Scandals, Urges, Keep the list going below:
mikeylikesit
Kishida accomplished nothing of note. As with most Japanese prime ministers, he was a placeholder who retained his position until forced out by scandal. In a decade or two, Kishida will be virtually forgotten.
Sven Asai
Agreed. He taught us his great vision about a New capitalism, but obviously this turns out a very strange concept where absolutely nothing is done and also leads to an output of absolutely nothing respectively, him included.
mountainpear
Improved relations with South Korea?
BertieWooster
In a word, ineptitude.
aaronagstring
Nada. Zip. Zilch. Nowt. Nothing. Fanny Adams.
shogun36
Complete waste of time and money.
ThonTaddeo
Huge decline in standard of living for most people.
Tim Sullivan
The much hated invoicing system designed to squeeze the last few yen out of freelancers
Ishiba will be my favorite politician of all time if he scraps that blatant tax grab. But he probably won't.
WoodyLee
How could someone accumulate airmiles while in public office.
spinningplates
Agree with op. Zero. There is no legacy, just a few jokes about 'tax glasses'.
Tim Sullivan
"Educationally subnormal was a term used historically in the United Kingdom to refer to children with very limited intellectual abilities" -- until 1981, but I think it can still be applied to Kishida -- he's as thick as sXXt.
Moonraker
I dunno if it is his fault really: when was the last time the world produced an inspirational leader in any country or any sphere? Everybody is a product of failing systems put in place to serve former times and since ossified. Without some kind of awakening to who we really are, where we are and where we are going, we are all destined to repeat the same witless blunders. But there is a lot of inertia and a pretty credulous electorate either deceiving themselves it can all go on the same way forever or looking for solutions in idiots and loudmouths.
Roger Gusain
The much hated invoicing system designed to squeeze the last few yen out of freelancers.
robert maes
A continued record of scandal, shame, failures, deceit, self interest, incompetence in the long line of PM failures. The last one to achieve anything was father Koizumi.
Roger Gusain
Japan is going to keep declining regardless of who gets the PM job. They could save some money by making a PM robot that can parrot the phrases that politicians use.