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It's high risk when issuing such an advisory. People don't know how to respond, and it will be a disaster if such a megaquake hits after the advisory has been lifted.

I would not recommend such warnings again. It's simply too difficult through scientific means to foreshadow a megaquake.

He will go down in history books as the Prime Minister who ended Japan's decades of deflation and negative interest rates. He devoted his efforts to try improving the peoples quality of life. He had a down-up approach instead of a top-down approach advocated by Abe Shinzo.

Kishida Fumio deserves praise for his contributions to reform the Japanese economy.

We should remember Kishida Fumio appointed a professor (Ueda Kazuo) with knowledge instead of a bureaucrat to fill the Bank of Japan post, which is unprecedented in recent times.

I salute you. And I'm sorry you were the one who had to deal with the underlying problems within LDP which surfaced during your term.

The big conglomerates should start to hike wages more. Japan has not experienced significant real wage growth since the 1990s, hence the low prices.

Pay your workers more. Don't rip off tourists for wanting to experience your country and leaving billions of dollars behind.

This country is being governed at the behest of LDP and not the people. Clearly there is something wrong with this political system! They have received a mandate of governance from the people. And they have effectively abandoned that mandate by allowing corruption to run rampant within the LDP-party.

Please dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election so we can get some real change done!

Kishida will probably be forced to call a snap election to prove his mandate by LDP. There's a leadership race slated for September and Kishida knows he will lose if he cannot prove his mandate, so he basically has no choice.

And I believe the LDP will lose decisively. It seems the population is very sensitive about political "stability" and they are merciless when punishing a party in turmoil, just as the LDP-party we now see.

This is seriously starting to look just like the scenario we had in 2009 with Aso Taro as Prime Minister. He was just as unpopular, if not more than Kishida Fumio. LDP lost many seats in regional by-elections of 2009, and he was forced to call a snap election by the LDP-party to prove his mandate.

The elction of 2009 saw the LDP losing desicively, the biggest loss of any ruling party in the history of Japan.

We're witnessing a political revolution right now. The mark that Abe Shinzo left on Japan is about to be wiped from existence by the shrewd prime minister, Kishida Fumio.

Kishida Fumio, who follows the political school of former Prime Minister, Ikeda Hayato (the man credited with rebuilding Japan's post WW2 economy and finances), do have some very clever ideas. But I believe the political system of Japan (especially LDP) and the deep rooted conservatism regarding scepticism for change is to blame for the scandals we're now witnessing.

The LDP-party has grown too strong, it has lost connection with the people (the people they get their power from). And it's time for the people to show the politicians who's really in charge here!

This is basically tantamount to corruption or tax evasion if you want. In other countries the government would have already delivered their resignations by this time.

This case really shows us that the politics of Japan has been shaped around the LDP-party for as long as people can remember. This "god-like" status that the LDP-party has enjoyed for so long has recieved a heavy blow, but I think we all know that it takes more to bring down the LDP-party from power. People has to understand that this was a practice that has been deeply rooted in the political system of LDP.

Bring an end to corruption, and bring an end to the LDP-rule that has for too long literallly corrupted Japan.

Just improve the medicine. It works perfectly fine if taken some time in advance.

Both prescripted Cetirizin and Zyrtec greatly reduces the symptoms. I know this because I use them against pollen allergy.

A very floaty statement!

Just focus on recovering the broken and scarce Japanese economy with debt reaching a staggering 300% of GDP at an alarming rate. The olympics will be anything but a victory I'm afraid. Even the cost of hosting the olympics has exploded to nearly 15,5 billion US dollars from previously 12 billion US dollars.

Cancel it before thing gets out of control with regard to the virus and the economy.

Lock them up, lock them up!!

"Do unto others, what you would have them do unto you". Death penalty is justified, period.

Proves that corruption is widespread in Japan. Get rid of LDP to curb corruption!

Lets be square and honest here. LDP is a party filled from top to toe with old and corrupt men. The news about political corrpution and turmoil has all been about LDP hasn't it?

Maybe that itself is not suprising since they have more than 2/3 of the total seats in diet, but it's the severity of these cases that's the main issue. If any of these corrupt officials had belonged to other parties, they would've been long time gone. But the corruption prevails because of LDP and Komeito's supermajority in the Lower House.

If Japan wants to crack down on political corruption. Constrain LDPs power in the houses. LDP is the main source of political corruption in Japan because of their paramount and unchallenged status.

To be fair and square, he's probably the most experienced LDP Abe Shinzo-affiliated politician to run for LDP leadership.

He's been chief secretary for as long Abe has been prime minister from 2012-2020.

An era is over. Abe has driven Japan into a deeper debt-bubble, has brought more inequality to the society, failed to secure a certain ratio of women in the parliament, and has ultimately and decisively failed with his Abenomic-recovery plan.

I certainly hope Japan will have brighter days in store, because you deserve so much more than what Mr. Abe Shinzo was able to deliver. His machiavellian way of doing things brought more corruption to the political system (like there wasn't enough of it before), and he never hesitated to "turn a blind eye" to unjustice when it would serve him the most in terms of support. An era of a wicked man has finally come to an end. Hurrah!

I believe the Yasukuni Shrine is OK in itself. To honor the war dead is always a natural and good thing to do. But to elevate Class-A war criminals enshrined there to God-status is despicable. It would've been like Germany made Hitler and his co-workers Gods. It's wrong, and it definitely sends the wrong message.

Why do something that would cause resentment in the rest of Asia? Of course the people of Europe would react negatively if Germany made Hitler a God for instance. God-status should be granted to people of good deeds, not people who wage wars of aggression and bring about a lot of death.

Sweden tried, but failed. They have more than 5000 Covid-19 related deaths. In comparison Norway (who closed soon) have just over 200 deaths. Of course Sweden (10.2 million) is much bigger than Norway (5.4 million). But still, over 5000 deaths proves that herd immunity is an unattainable target. That's more deaths than China (the number in China is probably higher), but officially that's what they're saying.

Norway and Denmark closed down soon, and moved away from the herd immunity-theory. A move that have likely saved the lives to many people in both Norway and Denmark.

99% sure he'll be convicted

Wow

He's a genius. He escaped a corrupt "justice"-system were the rate of being found guilty is staggering 99%! Maybe the status of being the boss in 3 different companies got the better of him, but Nissan should still thank him for saving their ass back in the late 1990s. Mr. Fix It fixes everything, even when the odds are against him. Let him go, he saved your beloved Nissan brand.

Humanitarian intervention

It's understandable. Japan broke their promise of not showing the compounds brutality on Korean forced labourers which was included in a separate part of a deal with South Korea. This was in order to gain their support for the listing.

Now, South Korea is protesting the listing because Japan have refused to share Battleship Islands history regarding Korean forced labourers to incoming tourists. Don't blame them, they just want to ensure that Japan's brutal reign of their country won't be forgotten, despite internal moves from Japan to do so (LDP/Nippon Kaigi).

It's like the Nazi book burning campaign in the 1930s. You can't simply just remove history that doesn't suit you, or that you don't like, it's still a part of our brutal history.

Why the heck did they have to change the animation studio for the last season? Consistency will be key to ensure a worthy ending for the Attack On Titan-saga, but still not sure why they changed the studio:( Wit Studio had done an amazing job on AOT, why not just finish what you've started!?

It's like the Japanese people has FINALLY had enough of Abe! Thank heaven for this revelation.

Nope. Look at the fragmented economy. I would be surprised if Abe is able to live through this crisis as prime minister. This economic downfall is exactly what made the DPJ leave office in 2012. Would surprise me if the same thing didn't happen to Abe.

Let's be honest though. Accepting more refugees at this critical moment for any nation would be economical suicidal. It's like having your own and your neighbours house on fire, but instead of saving yours, you help your neighbour saving his house instead. The essence of altruism will eventually lead to the downfall of human kind!

Time for a change in governance then

Does this question coincide with the possibility of letting Abe Shinzo serve another term as party leader and prime minister? I think the PROC is a clear example that a semi-dicatorship or a full fledged dictatorship is not able to effectively curb a pandemic.

OK, China have managed to stop the spread, but the numbers we have from them are far from reliable, and the spread of the virus could've been stopped if the government just listened to their doctors. This is the result we get from a semi-dictatorship system. Transparency is key to fight an invisible enemy. You won't get that transparency with a dictatorship!