Results mean coalition of recently installed PM has supermajority in lower house of parliament
Japan’s conservative governing coalition has dramatically strengthened its grip on power after a landslide victory in Sunday’s elections in what will be seen as an early public endorsement of the new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.
Her Liberal Democratic party (LDP) had won 316 seats by early Monday, comfortably surpassing the 261 it needed for an absolute majority in the 465-member lower house and the highest number since the party was founded in 1955. With her coalition partner, the Japan Innovation party, which won 36 seats, Takaichi now has a supermajority of two-thirds of seats, easing her legislative agenda as she can override the upper chamber, which she does not control.
Yoko Tawada’s next novel centers around a Japanese near future where all that is left of their civilization is a few thousand elderly Japanese and millions of robots that provide all the health care, farming, etc. that their society requires, but can no longer provide for themselves. The novel starts of with a prologue that begins just after that event which triggered Japan’s eventual descent into oblivion, February 8, 2026.
is that the one that keeps making predictions based on dreams that have mostly come true over the last 30ish years?
Oh joy more conservative governments, because it’s going so well everywhere else!
“the right-wing has ruined everything! clearly the only solution is to go FURTHER RIGHT!”
-most ppl
“Maybe the solution to all these problems, caused by fear and hate, is MORE fear and hate!” Humanity apparently.
me on my deathbed: “i just wish i hated more ppl, ya know?”
Sad…name one country that ever got better with a Conservative government.
Cue a bunch of idiots citing examples of conservative countries that improved only when liberal leaders took over.
Singapore?
I believe Singapore is liberal authoritarian, many of the original policies are progressive even to this day
Yet another step towards the self-annihilation of Japan.
Japan is so xenophobic they are literally dying off.
it’s so obviously unsustainable, i have no idea what they are thinking
I think the low birth rate has more to do with the government and society not supporting child raising enough, so people hesitate to have children because of costs and damage to their careers.
