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Tom Doley
This is why Japan is heading into 3rd world status. No fresh faces, all old practices.
John Noun
Oh. Abe! I thought you were dead.
Spitfire
@Tom Doley,
Couldn't agree more.
What is even more depressing is that they aren't even looking to the the future,hell they aren't even looking to the present or recent past.....they are all looking back to the 1920s/1930s.
Just to put the icing on the cake......they were all re-elected last year including those who lost their seats due to inadequate performance but got them back due to 'proportional representation' whatever that is.
kurisupisu
In what other job is it possible to fail and then return?
Jacko
LOL! There you go.... surprise surprise!
kurisupisu
The Pikachu costume is being designed even as we speak….
Kev James
You know he is only coming back to try and send the 80 million Abe masks that are in storage out to people. He will find a way to infiltrate our post boxes and workplaces with his masks haha
snowymountainhell
Wait! Does he have a ‘doctor’s note’ it’s okay to return to class ?
snowymountainhell
Body language: Looks like Abe’s got a death-grip on that microphone.
Moskollo
Not wearing one of your millions of left over masks Shinzo?
Spitfire
Japan politics is nothing but the 'Gravy Train.'
mobius217
@Spitfire
The current leadership and elite idolise the 1980's, Japan's glory days. But even these guys are nothing compared to their predecessors. Despite their backward worldview, petty corruption, Lockheed Marubeni and so on, at least the old guard had some modicum of competence and vision for the country.
Michael Machida
Abe. Really. Well, Japan does not want to be innovative anyway so this is par for the course.
Spitfire
@mobius217,
Fair play.
However,I wouldn't trust Abe at all.
quercetum
Democracy cannot be forced, but it can be disguised.
Robert Cikki
Surprise surprise, exactly as I've said one year ago and many predicted. It is a common practice in Japan for a politician to disappear from the public eye for "health reasons", only to reappear after some time with great glory and holding some office.
kennyG
Discrimination goes as far as using the word " 3rd world status"
What matters is how happy people are in a country isn't it? Those never get it
Sven Asai
So he now found the remaining arrows and gives them to Kishida? Good. But what, if not…
Bob Fosse
What a joke.
Peeping_Tom
"Discrimination goes as far as using the word " 3rd world status"
What matters is how happy people are in a country isn't it? Those never get it"
Hakuna matata KennyG,
Just ask those vitriolic detractors when they're leaving such a "dump".
Then revel on the answers!
Well done Abe, a proper Japanese.
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Nothing will change.
Simono
Biggest faction = biggest influence on policy.
With Kishida that looks like a clear return to the status quo, with Abe able to call the shots.
Am I right or am I right?
HBJ
The best way he could do that would be packing up all his stuff and retiring from politics.
To me it's clear what he's doing, he's working to get his brother into the PM job.
happyhere
Abe could be pulling the strings of the largest LDP faction for the next 20 years.
God help Japan.
The only hope is that the LDP will splinter and the younger less right wing generation will leave to help form a unified centrist party that could take power. Kono and Noda could lead the way.
KariHaruka
Abe is like a bad rash that just keeps on reappearing..
Mark
Everyone was saying it, that Mr. Abe policies will return with Kishida's election, and there you have it we are back in Mr. Abe hands.
Godan
@Blue
Wonderful post and I agree 100%.
Chili
Someone gotta use up the Abenomasku waste!
ReasonandWisdomNippon
Some comments don't reflect reality or facts in Japan.
Mr. Abe was the longest serving PM.
Plaza Accord did more damage to Japans economy more then any other politician could ever do.
Revolving door of PM started after the Plaza Accord was sign when Japan was going downhill.
I force your country to sign its future away then I blame your politicians for quiting and not being able to succeed in an unfair environment.
A Big part of what's affecting Japan's stagnation, economy, way of life, is being ignored by foreigners. typical.
Wolfpack
“They keep pulling me back in!”
u_s__reamer
No way was Abe going to go away when he suddenly disappeared behind the Kasumigaseki curtain to keep running the LDP syndicate with caretaker Kishida as kagemusha. The "return" of the boss cannot be considered an auspicious start for Japan's "New Capitalism" with the same old cronies still in charge and the day of karmic reckoning for Abe's run of impunity drawing nigh as he audaciously overstays his welcome.
Hervé L'Eisa
Golly Wally, I'm so surprised...
Psytor
Great news! It's always nice to see Asian countries having a consistent and stable leadership, I wish Mr. Abe the best. Hopefully this will bring about continued political stability for Japan, just like how things are in Singapore, India and China (even with all the ruckus they're making in Asia, you'd have to give them credit for keeping their nation one).
Yrral
No wonder Japan leaders are rudderless
Psytor
Great news for Japan and Asia! It's nice to see stable and consistent faces in charge. Hopefully this can ensure Japan's continued political stability.
Sheikh Yerboaby
so Abe is still in charge then....
mobius217
@ReasonandWisdomNippon
How is the Plaza Accord relevant now? Its been 30 years since then. What is J-gov doing to adress the problems of of today (ageing population, low birth rate, increase in low paying temporary jobs etc).
At least there is some good news coming out of Korea.
https://www.mondaq.com/employee-rights-labour-relations/1128758/key-upcoming-changes-in-south-korean-employment-law