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sakurasukiToday  07:24 am JST

Will Japan really change after election?

Weeeeeeell. No! aparentely they only change leaders.....JUST BEFORE the election.Especially if the PM tanks in the polls.

CephusToday  10:58 am JST

LDP have steered Japan with a steady hand for long. And changes just for the sake of change is not good. Japan still need that steady hand of LDP leadership.

Oh totally. Ignored a demographic time bomb. Since the 70s, Ignored its has the world's largest debt. Decades of deflation, stagnation, and poor job security for many. I think you confuse a steady hand with an electorate that is OLD, and doesn't vote for change. and an opposition that can't get it's act together as each political talento ( not the ironY, set up his own little party. You could probably say the same thing for the CCP. But thats a different political beast. LOL

dbsaiyaToday  08:14 am JST

Nope, won't change. Frosting will change, but the cake is still bad.

Exactly!

The next policy is to print more money and pour more concrete. or B) print more money and send it to a certain group of people.

burgers and beersToday  10:19 am JST

Depend on result. If LDP loose, expect shortage of energy, fishery overrun by Chinese fleet, factories closing and new ones can't be built and tourism 100% kaput.

Yep, the world will end and Japan sink without LDP

We know the result. LDP and Komeito will go into coalition.

If i could only bet 100,000 yen on it.

DanteKHToday  11:07 am JST

So where is the Economic growth, when India is going to overtake Japan for the 4th place by the end of the year??

Thats just population numbers and development. Just as eventually China will eventually overtake the US.

Japan has already developed, so population has a part to play now. Indias population is larger and younger but they too eventually will fall victim to a falling population. and its birth rate is already collapsing due to education, health care, and higher wealth. We will just have to sell/export things to Indias massive population.

London. I wouldn't/ couldn't leave my wallet/smart phone/bag on a table in McDonald's in london. Sadly!Anywhere. I believe you build a society where values, between the home, and school, have amassive impact when kids become adults, and the service it attrocious.

But schools think, If it happens outside the gate, ITS NOT MY PROBLEM. Japans got a lot wrong with its system, but its also got a lot right. When you cut the police so much ( austerity) your signalling to a certain group, Sorry! we can't afford to deal with your crime. Indirectly!

It's interesting that people think that just because the PM quits, somehow the government or policies are going to change. They change PMs more often than I change shoes. Since Koizumi, the only steady PM we had was Abe who stayed a while.

But we had Fukuda,Aso,Hatoyama,Kan,Noda,Suga, and Kishida, so it really has been, apart from Abe, musical PMs.

And did we think Abe improved things?

I still think the opposition can't work together, and the new leader will be chosen and the public will choose the very same party to remain in power. New leader, same party! The proof will be in the pudding. Or the voting.LOL

The facts and history show that they resign, bow, choose a new leader, then go to the country and get re-elected. I think the opposition has been in power once since the end of WW2. Not much difference then from the CCP that has been in power since WW2. And a healthy democracy needs a change of government now and then.

The opposition has more parties than we have festivals. from the NHK party to the Children's party, and other fringe parties that take votes away from the main opposition, and by default allow the same party to remain in power. and I think the math shows that here. Total up the opposition votes v the LDP and Komeito and you will see, that the opposition is too fragmented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Japan#Political_parties_and_elections

Well since we are in japan it must be the senpai... so thats the oldest one there. LOL The youngster havent got a chance.

It doesn’t really matter. Cause my guess is the opposition can’t get their act together or work together. So the public will resort to the default and vote for the same party for the last 60 odd years.

Ah yes! I think I have said this here before. become prime minister. Tank in the polls, resign just before the election. Then choose a new leader.then go to the polls.Then the public vote for the same party (again). Stay in power until you tank in the polls, then rinse and repeat. Oh I forgot to mention take a deep bow.

Great to watch.Especially the skateboarding. Pitty I missed the dancing on horses, dancing in water, and break dancing. Those sports are so different.

They're not taxis. They are aircraft. Not too dissimilar to a helicopter. They won't be whizzing people to supermarkets, schools, bars or hospitals. It reminds me of the hype way back in the day when helicopters were first invented. Everyone was going to have one. They still need a pilot's license, a takeoff and landing pad, and you must communicate with air traffic control. Rotors still make the WOKA WOKA sound. Blimey! You just need to listen to an electric drone. As for the pilot, who will take the blame for any accidents? A) shareholders. B) the company? C) computer programmer? and finally. Computers, Ai, and robots don't pay taxes. Only humans do.

jibToday  06:34 am JST

She should be so lucky that 80 million people are exposed to her music. 

She should keep her political views to herself.

i'd listen to her views way more than Trump. Let's flip that,!trump should keep his political views to himself because, cause frankly the man is a liar, a crook ( convicted) a racist.( very fine people on both sides) a draft dodger, ( proven) disrespectful to veterans who gave some, and some who gave all. (cause he only likes a certain group. Yes, please tell us, who should keep their views to themselves? Or are you advocating that only the views you don't like be silenced? If Trump can spout out his lies, insults, and threats, please let us know what Celine Dion can't?.

Did he or his campaign even bother to ask her? NOPE! In the words og trump, so disrespectful, tremendous disrespect. That women has more class, more respect, than Trump could ever have, and that includes people who may not actually like her music.

I propose speed painting as the next Olympic sport. We could give points on style, artistry, color and vibrancy maybe even flamboyancy. Men and women’s events and could even have teams and could be inclusive.We can have the art freestyle and the art set routines. We can set up different events eg nature art, human art, and abstract, we could also have the graffi class with spray paints. We could have speed rounds, marathon rounds. We can have different disciplines, eg oils, water colors(that’ll keep the dancing I water crowd happy) as well as pastels and pencil. Absolutely not a sport. It’s as though we’ve gamified everything now. Americas got talent meets The Olympics got Talent .

I’m going to say, probably nothing is going to happen. Humans have a very poor record predicting earthquake. We know it’ll come but in reality we have now clue when.

So, dancing in the water is a sport. ( Who played that as a kid and so niche It's actually called ARTISTC SWIMMING. may have been great in the 1930s when it was all the rage in hollywood and where are the teams from South America and Africa ( apart from Egypt)

Dancing on horses. ( anyone done that apart from the super-rich and the its the horse doing the dancing).

Now break dancing. ( How about team dancing)

To be honest, these aren't sports, they're art.

I think more people do ballroom dancing than these. Not to mention the many different ages that could take part.

It's called the Olympic GAMES for a reason. I might get my head around an E-Sports, ( games) with millions playing daily, but this is dancing.

If acting is art, music is art, and painting is art,,, what is dancing? I mean, we could give anything a score and call it a sport now. (especially if the women wear swimsuits or a bikini).

There abetter ways to get an audience,

Alan BogglesworthAug. 9  10:46 pm JST

To say attacking civilians is a fine response to anything is abhorrent. But once was is declared, the gloves come off. The Palestinians should’ve known better.

I wonder if you would have said the same about the British when the Jews were killing, and bombing people too. If the British occupied Palestine, and that was NOT OK, then surely if Israel occupies Palestine, or even denies their existence, that's NOT OK either.

Didn't the Stern gang way back before the founding of Israel do the same thing? even to the point of asking for help from the Axis powers. How about the Irgun group? Why were the Israeli groups' labelled terrorists and the Palestinian groups labeled terrorists? Like any terrorist group, they will stand up for a group that feels repressed. If we disagree with a certain group we label them terrorists, but if we like them, and are on our side we label them resistance fighters. Sorry! After looking back at the Ottoman Empire, the post-WWI treaties, the carving up of the Middle East, and the creation of Israel out of Palestine. I can support the Palestinians. Not the killing. but one thing is for sure, Israel doesn't have to do Jack anything, .if the USA, the EU, UK et al, keep feeling guilty about criticising Israel. We don't have to feel guilty criticising Israel because we might be scared of being shouted at or labelled anti-Semitic. Which is not the case! It's something they say to shut down any reasonable, non-jew who wants to have a logical discussion. We can hold two ideas in our minds. We can support the Palestinians and the creation of Palestine while criticising Israel, and at the very same time support the existence of Israel. Basically Israel doesn't have to do anything so long as the US, keeps giving them the nod and a wink.

Good for Japan not inviting Russia, Belarus and Isreal.

Its at times like this the police really go the EGGstra Mile. Nothing worse than a rotten egg for neighbour.

Well someone really took this to the EGGstreme.

This reminds me of a country that, once took land and property from a a specific group in the 1930s/40s

It reminds me of a country that put up fences and guards around the places they lived in the 1930s/40s

It reminds me of soldiers making them show papers to go through checkpoints to go to work in the 1930s/40s

It reminds me of a group of people who didn't have a state pre 1948.

Does anyone remember that group? It kinda of sounds familiar to what Israel ( the government) forces the Palestinians to do..

AnonymousToday  12:38 pm JST

Jew-hatred on display under the guise of “anti-Zionism”.

Being against the Israeli government policy and supporting the Palestinians to have a home does not in any way equate to being anti-zionist. At all! If being anti-zionist is wrong then surely we would and should force Israel to give the Palestinians their home. Let's remember, before Israel it was Called Palestine before the Brits et al cut it up. And while Israel wishes to call certain groups terrorists, we might want to look back at history and see how the very first Israeli PM was also called a terrorist. Long before Hamas even existed. So why did the Jews take up arms? and why are Palestinians taking up arms? I propose its because they wanted or want the same thing today.

Great news. I guess the weak yen helped. Next year this will switch because Japanese goods/Exports/ will be more expensive. Next year's headline will be, Wages stagnate/fall because bonuses have been cut due to the STRENGHT of the yen, but at least your imports might be cheaper. Not!

Does anyone notice that the photo at the head of the article appears to show the woman annoyed that her ex-husband appears to have some parental rights, when in reality most men, lose most if not all contact with their kids after divorce? While some women lose contact with their kids at times this predominantly impacts men. So long as the kids aren't being abused,(which i have seen) and arent arguing over the kid's family name(which I have seen) aren't being harmed, then nothing wrong in allowing the mother and father to see their kids. While this predominantly impacts men, it will also benefit some women whose ex-husband refuses access to their ex-wife.

This will also have an impact on parents/kids who (in today's modern world) are gay parents.

Let's also remember how the parent who has custody can use the very same kids to manipulate the other partner. And sometimes kids don't want to choose, and don't want to be in the middle of a mummy and daddy divorce.

kurisupisuToday  07:43 am JST

Uta Abe’s lengthy hysterical outburst and falling to the ground were not becoming of not only an Olympian but also a Japanese.

What a load of rubbish. She put her heart and sole into that. And btw, please tell me how you can tell us how the WHOLE OF JAPAN must react to meet your standards of "JAPANESE".

fallaffelToday  07:40 am JST

VOO (low fee S&P etf)

You do realise VOO isn't an option in Japan?

The closest thing to that might be in the NISA system.

Now I am no economist. But if Japan sold its dollars and got 161 yen for each dollar, that's great cause they got 161 yen per dollar. Now if the very same dollar today is 140 yen, they could BUY the very same dollar at the cheaper rate today, pocketing the 21 yen difference, or wait until it weakens further, then sell at the higher price. Now I'm no mathematician.....but......

That extra 21 yen difference x how many billions/trillions could be used to pay off some of that national debt. No?

sakurasukiToday  10:55 am

While JGovt try to promote NISA, then this is happening. 

Some people still believe that Japanese economy miracle will come back, keep on dreaming.

i have to agree despite the downvotes. The Japanese government is promoting NISA and IDECO and at the very same time tried to manipulate the currency by intervening. So we went from 161ish to today’s price. Especially if they invested in US world wide funds. If they invested in the nikkei 225. They have also taken a hit. X was alight with people complaining. So no matter what happens someone will suffer. Weak yen consumers suffer, ( who are expected to save for their retirement) but a strong yen relieves consumers but hit the very same investors.( who are investing for their retirement). It seems the same yen can’t be cut into two. So you pays your money you make your choice. That very same dollar was very expensive, now those very same dollars,(if taken out today) are worth very much less. And I expect the yen to strengthen even more. Cementing those losses further. You’ll need to wait for the next cycle of weakening to any benefits of DCA. Probably another 20 years. By which time I’m flying with the angels or sunning it in the fiery hell with Lucifer.

Btw the stock market is not the supermarket. And if you’re investing in the stock market you shouldn’t be taking your money out for atleast 40 years. Just noise. Nobody has lost any money until they sell, and cash out to lock in those loses. Right now. Everything is on sale.

DanteKHToday  05:04 pm JST

Those articles are written like Yen getting stronger is a bad thing. Like corporations not getting record profits is a bad thing.

Maybe the Yen will go back to the normal levels of 1€=100¥

Then JT will tell us how this will be very bad for overtourism, for import stuff getting accessible for the locals again, and how the Japanese will callously spend their honest earned money overseas.

. Whatever the news the websites, news outlets will hunt out the negatives for the clicks. Just look at the weak yen and all the terrible problems it caused here. Rice shortages (apparently) over tourism (apparently) garbage problems (apparently) imports very expensive. Flip to a strong yen, profits will be hit, bonuses will be cut, consumer will spend less cause they or the bonus was cut, Toyota et al will be squeezing subcontractors because of the strong yen. Hotels feel the pinch at tourists stop coming. To me it seems like it’s all noise! Weak yen gear for tourist industry and great for Toyota, but bad for imports. Then it’s terrible for tourism but good for consumers. Just noise now.

Recycling=check! Safe cars check.Net zero=check. I'm preparing for the calculation problem on that one in 2050. Empower its workers, cough cough BS. Nice platitudes, but sticky your head up when you see accounting problems, mechanical problems, that'll cost millions, and you're gonna get ( insert possible consequences). BS. It reminds me of the craze when we stopped calling people workers and called them "partners". Or cleaners, Hygiene engineers. Please DEFINE empowerment, or diverse, that doesn't include endless meetings.

Well that means it’s time for the upgraded release and hopefully one powerful enough to run Call of Duty, Delta force or Battlefield.

stormcrowToday  07:07 am JST

Not surprised. I saw a JHS student (a neighbor) shooting a BB gun from his window at a woman holding her baby on the street. When confronted he took off to hide within the confines of his home. The boy's mother said that her son had a BB gun but he wasn't shooting people with it. What an idiot! And that goes for the mother too. Shooting at a woman holding her baby. What kind of a person would do something like that?!

totally! But the biggest problem there is the mother! Why wouldn’t she deal with her son’s behavior! She’s only encouraging him to be a total……..(insert colorful language). What kind of a parent/ mother does that? She’d blame the victim for walking on the street.

kids are kids but the mother, well that’s something else.

CaptDingleheimerToday  10:04 am JST

I'm not sure I would cal AI a "craze" at this point.

I’m inclined to go with “hype”. Similar to the dot com hype, crypto hype NFT hype. Just say AI at product launch, or earnings report, share holder meeting and watch the share price rise.