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    Die Japanerin Sanae Takaichi gewinnt einen Erdrutschsieg bei vorgezogenen Neuwahlen und einem Exit-Polls-Projekt

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    1. justdontreadit on

      Takaichi’s party is set to win between 274 and 326 seats out of a total of 465, according to an exit poll by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, well above the 233 needed for a majority.

    9. stokesy1999 on

      Those who know JP politics know this is pretty expected. LDP is extremely dominant over there to the point that its been in power for all but 4 years since 1955.

      The biggest difference this time is their coalition partner. For the past 25 years its been Komeito, a centrist party who tried to bring more humanitarian support into the government. Now though, its Ishin, a right wing party who are more backing the LDPs right wing views and policies generally than Komeito did

    10. Viriato181 on

      She’s pretty much devouring the CRA. They’ll lose more than 100 seats.

      Also, Sanseito will still grow to 10-15 seats, but I guess she has managed to stall their growth for now.

    11. Direct_Signature_256 on

      Ok why tf is people deciding that voting Right wing helps solves the countries WTF

    14. Promethia on

      Americans all applying their political views to Japan like its an equal comparison.

    15. rinsyankaihou on

      If she does good she will get all the credit. If she does poorly she will get all the blame. I’m just worried that no matter the outcome it just means everyone has now permanently shifted to the right.

    16. MarxArielinus on

      For some reason, her policies are misunderstood abroad, but in reality, foreign policy and xenophobia were not at all points of contention in this election. She did not expand her support by advocating right-wing policies. LPD is even a major driving force behind immigration. The main factor in the election results is the sheer weakness of the opposition party. This can explain most of Japanese politics.

    17. boingoing on

      I interact with quite a few Japanese people and this is no surprise. She is popular even among people who have no interest in politics because she is outspoken and charming. She says what she thinks which really resonates with people.

    19. Financial_Tour5945 on

      So, a cursory search makes me wonder why she’s being described as „ultra conservative“ by Americans.

      Sure, anti immigration. Nothing new in Japan. Nobody is going to win an election over there on pro immigration. But they do support foreign workers to meet labor shortfalls. (So work visas but not citizenship I guess?)

      Socially conservative. „Raise awareness of LGBT, but against same sex marriage“. Not a supporter of gender equality or female rights. Sounds pretty right wing with lip service to me.

      Increases to the JSDF. Nothing new here, Abe was doing the same, and realistically the whole world is doing the same because you can’t trust the USA anymore. Just sane policy at this point to ramp up their funding.

      Increased taxes to corporations, tax breaks if they up their worker wages. Depending on how this actually pans out, I’d call it centerist policy.

      Wealth redistribution to revive the middle class. That’s pretty leftist.

      Increases to public education and sciences spending. Left of center again.

      Green and nuclear energy. Carbon neutral 2050, UN sustainable goals 2030. Left of center.

      Admittedly I haven’t followed it too closely, but why specifically is she being labeled as an „ultra-conservative“?

    22. Effective-Tour-9912 on

      Good. Keep stupid gaijin (like me) out of the holy land, please. Do not let them poison the well.

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