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I will fight to protect our culture from American market fundamentalism and neo-liberalism.

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Hidehisa Otsuji, a former health minister who won an upper house seat for the LDP, vowing to challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over Japan joining the TPP talks (Sankei Shimbun)

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I'm skeptical. I can't find any information on this guy accept for his job title history. A career bureaucrat and politician: he could be just a mouthpiece for a faux opposing view.

Any opinions?

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One word, simpleton!

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In other words he will fight to mantain the stranglehold of our big Japanese conglomerates on the people and government of Japan, so that these conglomerates can maintain their ability to charge 1/3 more for their goods in Japan than they do in foreign markets.

And he will fight to maintain the current corporate culture of gloom and doom, dying innovation, and stagnation which has led to decades of loss, destroyed growth, and caused the government to spend many times beyond it's means.

But he is old, and won't live long enough to see the full fruition of his labors, for which he should be thankful. Hopefully he will will put his tomb in a place convenient for the youger generations to spit on after he is gone.

Unfortunately, he is not unique, and I pity the future generations whom will be paying for the excesses and foolishness encouraged by Mr Otsiji and his ilk.

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Good. He doesn't need to protect his "culture" (nothing to do with culture), but market fundamentalism and neo-liberalism are right-wing diseases set to infect and destroy the free world. Market fundamentalism and neo-liberalism have already destroyed the US (2008 market crash) and it has also infected EU too. Japan is next if it's not careful.

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I can't find any information on this guy accept for his job title history. A career bureaucrat and politician: he could be just a mouthpiece for a faux opposing view. Any opinions?

He was elected in Kagoshima so it's hardly a surprise - he was probably heavily backed by elderly farmers. It doesn't say a lot for the prospects of LDP unity, though.

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Translation: "We will drive our country into debt the traditional Japanese way. And we won't admit anything until it's too late." So take THAT, neo-liberalism!

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