Sounds very likely and fairly in line with Takaichi making it all about herself as PM rather than party or coalition, they all know "LDP" doesn't sell right now.
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Sounds very likely and fairly in line with Takaichi making it all about herself as PM rather than party or coalition, they all know "LDP" doesn't sell right now.
"A decade ago, Japan was frequently criticized for "pulling up the drawbridge” by declining to accept large numbers of asylum seekers. Now, many of those same critics say that global refugee system itself must be scrapped."
Really? Who made that reversal? Quote them.
Complete bullshit.
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
"A decade ago, Japan was frequently criticized for "pulling up the drawbridge” by declining to accept large numbers of asylum seekers. Now, many of those same critics say that global refugee system itself must be scrapped."
Ishin is obviously getting the shaft here (as was clear they would, from the get-go) but I'm pretty confident that one is going to bite Jimin in the ass too, and I'm here for it!
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ishin is obviously getting the shaft here (as was clear they would, from the get-go) but I'm pretty confident that one is going to bite Jimin in the ass too, and I'm here for it!
"stay the course" here means continue being the biggest peddler of coal in the G7, promoting bullshit non-solutions around hydrogen, blocking grid scale solar and generally being steered by fossil fuel lobbyists, so yeah. They're just less brazen about it than the US.
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"stay the course" here means continue being the biggest peddler of coal in the G7, promoting bullshit non-solutions around hydrogen, blocking grid scale solar and generally being steered by fossil fuel lobbyists, so yeah. They're just less brazen about it than the US.
The whole Japanese left is, well not quite dead, but it's 80 with bad knees and a heart condition. It's depressing how irrelevant all left parties seem to anyone under 60, and that includes Reiwa
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The whole Japanese left is, well not quite dead, but it's 80 with bad knees and a heart condition. It's depressing how irrelevant all left parties seem to anyone under 60, and that includes Reiwa
"Japan" doesn't hate it, at least it did not before X and the media chose to amplify the voices of the terminally online reactionary bullies who somehow ended up in charge of public discourse in the country.
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
"Japan" doesn't hate it, at least it did not before X and the media chose to amplify the voices of the terminally online reactionary bullies who somehow ended up in charge of public discourse in the country.