LDP leader Shigeru Ishiba formally elected Japan's PM

Ishiba has indicated he will not deviate from the economic policy implemented by Kishida, who focused on boosting wages.

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

But I suspect Ishiba is just following LDP neo feudal policy.

It he decline of the economic power of workers is a feature not a bug.

let the NEW big talk, no action and no change phase begin....

The dude is as clueless as his predecessors. The table is turning and now it’s just his turn to rob the clueless Japanese population and get a high paid salary from tax payers money while being totally incompetent. Until it’s the turn of the next one and everybody at the LDP can hope to be served one day.

I will make an easy prediction. The tenure of this guy will be equally as bad and useless as the ones who came before him.

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Funny how the public never had to vote. Must be an AI election

Ishiba has indicated he will not deviate from the economic policy implemented by Kishida, who focused on boosting wages. 

Real wages rose 1.1% in June and 0.4% in July, after falling for 26 months before that — while prices rose, rose, and continued to rise! People are earning less and being charged more for basic goods and services.

Kishida’s economic policy is a demonstrated failure.

OffwithyourarroganceToday 04:24 pm JST

Funny how the public never had to vote. Must be an AI election

That's what the upcoming general election is for: the Japanese people will either accept or reject the LDP and its choice of leader.

And remember that the Japanese people have already voted in the LDP as a party. It works just like all other parliamentary democracies around the world.

Good luck to Ishiba.

The US-Japan alliance is a vital one for peace in the East.

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Fighto!Today 05:04 pm JST

Funny how the public never had to vote. Must be an AI election

Sigh. We've been through this 1000 times already - I guess for Americans who can only comprehend the Presidential system.

The 50 centers are feigning ignorance. I can respect the parliamentary system. Wouldn't be my first choice but to each their own.

I will predict the LDP will win the election but the question will be by how many seats.

Yawn.

I pledge this. I vow that. I resign. Rinse and repeat.

Japanese ruling party leader Shigeru Ishiba, LDP will seek a mandate from J public on the 27th October.

It is important to vote and encourage younger member of the family to wake up.

UK parliamentary democracy has a similar process.

When Boris Johnson resigned, the conservative parliamentary party chose from leadership candidates, with numbered support from party MP's.

After a whittling down process the party membership were called upon to make the final choice.

This is a perfectly legitimate democratic means for the people to choice and mandate a Prime Minster, choose governing party.

Why nobody notices in Japan that this is just another face for the same thing? In fact, they could have used any of the guys in the picture with exactly the same results. The party has had the power since WW2, and their only goals are nepotism and keep rich people rich.

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koiwaicoffee, I understand your frustration.

I suspect these "slush funds" facilitate LDP candidates across the political spectrum.

Provide the funds to promote each candidate.

Some would contend this is a cynical roundabout form of "vote buying".

Each LDP candidate is able to promote a personal grass roots bespoke manifesto to constituents effectively.

The usual suspects here clapping like seals. Nothing to see. Move on

I see from the picture that Japan's big push for "diversity" is really paying off...

Congratulations, PM Ishiba. I had hoped for this, but I never expected the day would actually come.

I will predict the LDP will win the election but the question will be by how many seats.

Doesnt take a crystal ball to figure this one out.

Provide the funds to promote each candidate.

Some would contend this is a cynical roundabout form of "vote buying".

This is only said by someone who has no idea how the political system here works now.

Yubaru

I will predict the LDP will win the election but the question will be by how many seats.

Doesnt take a crystal ball to figure this one out.

Does your crystal ball have sarcasm?

I will predict the LDP will win the election but the question will be by how many seats.

I predict Ishiba will be formally elected as PM.

Actually this is the major flaw in a parliamentary system wherein the ruling party controls the timing of the election. Japanese will be voting for LDP "fresh faces" and promises not accomplishments.

See the LDP ruling Japan for 95% of the post-WW2 era.

This is a perfectly legitimate democratic means for the people to choice and mandate a Prime Minster, choose governing party.

Yubaru

Japan political system?

Or the inner working of LDP finance committees structures?

It would be wise to start with LDP Organization Chart....

https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/chart/

Pay particular attention to LDP constitution.

Article 13

The Finance Committee shall consist of seven Members. Committee Members shall be appointed by the Party President with the approval of the General Council.

The Chairman of the Committee shall be mutually elected from among its Members.

The Chairman of the Committee shall convene the Committee's meetings.

Article 14

The Finance Committee shall be briefed every two months on Party income and expenditures and, if it is deemed necessary, may submit recommendations to the President regarding Party finance.

Article 15

The Finance Committee shall inspect the settlement of accounts which is submitted to the Party Convention.

The financing model is astonishing in its size and costs ..........

From the LDP organizational chart LDP party executive is able to leverage huge reach, the structure mirrors government bureaucratic administrative cross departmental ministerial bodies.

https://www.jimin.jp/english/about-ldp/constitution/104146.html

Now to funding and oversight....

LDP spent fortune to fund political activity but few details

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14778575

The findings came from a government report on political funds released by the internal affairs ministry on Nov. 25 and a calculation of figures in published reports for 2002 through 2020.

Under the Political Fund Control Law, political organizations are required to publish reports on political funds to keep their “political activity” under constant surveillance and scrutiny by the public.

But the law does not oblige individual lawmakers to disclose how money provided by their political parties under funds for political activity is spent.

Critics contend the setup is badly flawed and have called for an urgent overhaul.

The warning signs were published as far back as November 2022.

Did these so-called "slush funds" originate from these huge "pools" of political funding activity, aided by hands off oversight.

Toshihiro Nikai topped on the list of lawmakers to whom large sums were paid, at 5.06 billion yen. Of that figure, 4.77 billion yen was paid on a total of 160 occasions while he was the LDP secretary-general from August 2016 to September 2021.

27th October Japan will go to the polls, without doubt the LDP have a huge financial advantage over opposition rivals across the board.

Yubaru this fact is undeniable!

Such costs were certainly not raised from just over one million LDP party members!

Omedetoo Gozaimasu.