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Japan's main opposition leader eager to merge with smaller party

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merger with a smaller party to create a "powerful" force 

No.

The days of warlord feuds in Japan are long gone. This chump needs to get with the 19th century already.

Power comes from policy ideas, and competence - not numbers.

It’s the people believing in the ideas and your competence that results in your party gaining numbers, in an election. (Or vote buying if you are an LDP politician.)

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It’s a bit “Peoples Front of Judea” and “Judean Peoples’ Front”

Good luck; otherwise it’s Koike which could be a breath of much need fresh air, or more of the same.

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It's just going to rebuild the old Minshutō.

I just want to remember, it was Edano himself who destroyed Minshutō in 2017. Because he couldn't stand Maehara winning the party's internal primary elections. 

Power comes from policy ideas, and competence - not numbers.

Indeed. You need credible ideas to run a country. Not idealistic proposals more appropriate to science fiction.

Good luck; otherwise it’s Koike which could be a breath of much need fresh air, or more of the same.

In fact, Maehara shares more ideological ideas with Koike. More liberal ideas within the centrist social democracy. A moderate party willing to reach agreements, within a negotiation table. When it comes to state agreements or in situations of harsh governance in crisis situations.

Still, it remains to be seen whether Tamaki will accept the new name after he said it should be decided in a "democratic way." The leader has called for a merger on an equal footing and a party name other than the CDPJ.

I totally agree with Tamaki. The merger cannot be allowed, within the parameters imposed by Edano.

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I would rather side with the JCP who doesn't frequently shift their political positions as all other candidates. They have been adamantly maintaining the same stance for decades. They are more like the Christian Democratic Union or the Democrats of the USA. The most rational choice out of incompetent idiots.

Unfortunately, the US does not benefit under a rational, neutral Japan. China keeps the crazed state of North Korea to manipulate geopolitical pressures in East Asia and threaten against the US. The US keeps insane nationalism in both Japan and South Korea alive for the same thing against China, and sells more weapons. The dream of a fully independent Japan is probably far away. The JCP and Denny Tamaki deeply knew all of these, and the US won't allow any of them to have significant powers.

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Good idea.

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fxgaiJuly 18  03:41 pm JST

Power comes from policy ideas, and competence

Policy ideas are a bit of a problem when it's the same old DPJ mish-mash of right-wing, left-wing, conservative, moderate and progressive as before. If it's going to be one party that clearly identifies itself as, for example, left-wing or liberal, that might be okay. As usual though, all they're talking about is replacing the LDP.

not numbers.

Well.... one problem that's come up recently is that no single opposition party seems to be able to field enough candidates to beat the LDP and win a majority, and in some cases all there is on offer is an LDP candidate or another conservative.

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Politik KillsJuly 18  08:12 pm JST

Good luck; otherwise it’s Koike which could be a breath of much need fresh air, or more of the same.

Koike is a right-wing nationalist who was in the LDP until not so very long ago and wouldn't let left-leaning Democratic Party politicians in the party she formed for the 2017 election. How's that not more of the same?

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