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What to expect as Japan prepares for Oct 27 election

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Mr KiplingToday  11:27 am JST

The feudal mindset of supporting hereditary leaders is still strong in the provinces where the elections are decided.

It's no accident that those areas have twice as many Diet seats as the big cities

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I expect the obedient population who say they do not support the LDP will as usual, either stay home or go out and re-election the LDP.

It is the default setting. The feudal mindset of supporting hereditary leaders is still strong in the provinces where the elections are decided.

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Expect an LDP victory.

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Japan's outstanding at using democracy as window dressing, without the core tenets having much influence on how the country actually operates. So it'll be vans, loudspeakers and white gloves everywhere for a few weeks, then business as usual as the voters are ignored till next time.

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Wow, when is Japan not having an election?

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What a crazy electoral system. You vote on a leader's promises and not his/her actual record.

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I am completely overwhelmed and over-excited at the prospect of yet another election in this country. This country that takes my money but says I am ineligible to vote - glorifies in my ineligibility, even rubs my nose in it - but half of you don’t really vote anyway, ‘cos you don’t really care about the result. This country that only cares about being seen to support “the winner.”

This one's easy... What can we expect? Noise.

With you on this. When I hear the vans coming, I just give them a blast of Zeppelin or Floyd.

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Isabel, you are indeed confused.

Your celebration over the snap election reveals your lack of understanding and inability to draw the right conclusion. Ishiba was not going to call for an election but he changed as soon as he was chosen. You as an effervescent evangelist for Japanese democracy should be disappointed.

Ishiba has not even been installed as the Souri Daikin and some are saying that the kingpins are discussing whom to install after Mr. Ishiba. He unfortunately seems destined to be an interim prime minister which shows the sad state of Japan’s stagnant democracy and its incessant game of prime minister musical chairs.

The people, contrary to your clamoring, do not get to decide. It’s the party and its factions - much like the CPC - that decide: Aso faction, Abe faction, Nikai faction, Motegi faction, Komeito. Then they distribute the cabinet ministers accordingly: four ministers to the largest faction, two here and two there.

This closed group is akin to a neo-feudal aristocracy and we, not you though, are seeing pessimism and people losing faith in democracy as seen by the authoritarian nationalist gaining popularity and finishing runner up to another conservative who will become the temporary prime minister.

My assessment of Japan’s democracy is in the majority opinion here as you can see for yourself: nothing will change and we can expect the LDP elected and more of the same wash rinse and repeat.

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"What to expect as Japan prepares for Oct 27 election"

This one's easy... What can we expect? Noise.

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Well, well - a general election in a few short weeks. I wonder if this will shut up the pro-CCP hordes that constantly assert that Japan isn't a "proper" democracy just because the LDP had a leadership election.

(Who am I kidding? They'll just post some other straw man/tu quoque/false equivalence/false dilemma/outright lie instead.)

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What to expect as Japan prepares for Oct 27 election

Loud waling trucks everywhere, with a muppet waving, shouting their name and zero about policy. Jimin will be duly voted back in.

God help us.

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I’ll give you a clue … nothing.

As a high paying tax resident , double nothing

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Seeing previous elections, is there anything new to expect?

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I expect the voting turnout to be shockingly low and I expect the LDP to be re-elected.

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Perhaps the LDP cheer squad who never say much can tell us what to hope for.

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