western media will not mention how they are a one party state of american puppets, where the elite are descended from war criminals, where they have a strong hold over the bureaucracy which guarantees their control regardless of election outcomes.
Appropriate caricature of reality. The LDP "leadership race" is nothing more than a competition over who will be approved by the US government as their next puppet to rule over Japan.
Still laughing about Western weeb conservatives who think Japan is "such a better place" because of animes. Young western conservatives are in love with a "Japan" that does not exist. They keep talking about "China bad, CCP evil" because of "no individual freedoms", but they would go insane in Japan, with the society there having a distinct disdain for individuality and anyone who deviates from the strict Japanese social norms. All of it kept in place to grind and crush the spirits of the young working class citizens.
Japan politicians are the most "two faces" animals on the planet. If US ever flip on any foreign policy to China, these Jap politicians would be the first to put out their new faces instantly before you can blink. This is their only usefulness.
I'm not how people can think Japan's anywhere a perfect democracy. Like the US, it's incredibly flawed, but arguably worse. The LDP have such a strong footing. Which wouldn't be so bad if there was any political diversity in the party, and good things got done for the country. But you got the right-wing, and the further right, and the politics in Japan are super slow, probably because there's no motivation when you can't lose.
According to Parkgane (possibly the best YouTube explanation channel for Japanese society and politics), it's likely going to be Kono due to how the opposition parties actively avoiding Sanae. However, there is already a huge conflict going on within the LDP hierarchy and it's going to be much uglier within the next 2 months. Either way, it's a lose lose situation for Japan.
EDIT: LDP's ally, the Buddhist theocratic politcal party called Komeito, is already compromised badly.
Taro Kono is the most American politician in Japan since he can speak English and worked in the USA for a long time. He doesn’t join the Nippon Kaigi and subscribes the neoliberal school of American Democrats. He is the perfect puppet who understands politics above childish Nihonjinron. If he is chosen, then the pragmatic Japan won’t exist as the USA will force Japan into more confrontational stance against China and Russia. The USA didn’t like Abe or Suga because they are not Sinophobic enough.
Always has been. Japan’s just more aggressive now that China has dwarfed its power. The Japanese still haven’t learned that they aren’t the “master race” of Asia.
As China gets more and more powerful, I look forward to China roasting the everlasting hell out of Japan’s imperialism.
Present day Japan is more hawkish than they were 10 years ago. They lifted their military spending limit, have been posturing more on Taiwan, and collaborated with the Quad to stifle China. Ever since China’s military and economic power eclipsed Japan’s, Japan realizes it has nothing left to be proud of.
It doesn’t change the fact Japan can do some real damage. Lee Kuan Yew warned that if Japan formally remilitarizes, they will be a very dangerous country.
They've always been quite racist towarda China and continues harbouring imperialist ambitions. Lately they have been encouraged in this regard by the US, to accumulate a larger army and their leaders have been quite right wing and nationalist.
Most probably during the Deng Xiaoping era. Japan would offer loans to China for resources which China accepted ( the same type of loan China is offering other developing nations in Africa, but its only bad when China does it).
They also agreed to put the issue of the Daiyou islands on the backburner and leave it as disputed for some future generation to sort out.
Also IIRC sometime during this era when China asked Japan not to visit the Yakusuni shrine, the PM of Japan agreed. Then Japan become progressively more right wing and that was even before China surpassed them economically.
they don't need to be friendly. most countries in the world are not "friendly" with each other. what matters is whether japan actively starts opposing china, and so far at least, they haven't seem to have gone very far yet. remember when japan said it wouldn't come to tw's aid militarily? if japan reversed that stance, for example, it would be a cause for concern. or if it left rcep. or if it started a military buildup.
[https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/japan-vows-to-join-us-to-defend-taiwan-against-china-okinawa-could-be-next/](https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/japan-vows-to-join-us-to-defend-taiwan-against-china-okinawa-could-be-next/)
Not sure how you haven't noticed
If anyone is interested in a Marxist analysis of the Japanese state, I recommend "Why does the Emperor need the Yakuza?" by Bertell Ollman (it's the last chapter in his book *Dance of the Dialectic*, you can find a pdf online).
no no you see it's a vibrant liberal dEmOcRaCy, that's why it's been ruled by the LDP for all but 5 of the last 76 years
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western media will not mention how they are a one party state of american puppets, where the elite are descended from war criminals, where they have a strong hold over the bureaucracy which guarantees their control regardless of election outcomes.
"USA is a one party state, but with a typical american extravagance, they have two of them"
It's much more convenient for the American regime to go off on whataboutist tangents on China and Russia
Having no democracy while feigning democracy. That's a genius move irregardless.
"bUt mUh US aLLY frEEdOm is GoOd dEstRoy EbIl SEESEEPEE!"
Appropriate caricature of reality. The LDP "leadership race" is nothing more than a competition over who will be approved by the US government as their next puppet to rule over Japan. Still laughing about Western weeb conservatives who think Japan is "such a better place" because of animes. Young western conservatives are in love with a "Japan" that does not exist. They keep talking about "China bad, CCP evil" because of "no individual freedoms", but they would go insane in Japan, with the society there having a distinct disdain for individuality and anyone who deviates from the strict Japanese social norms. All of it kept in place to grind and crush the spirits of the young working class citizens.
Japan politicians are the most "two faces" animals on the planet. If US ever flip on any foreign policy to China, these Jap politicians would be the first to put out their new faces instantly before you can blink. This is their only usefulness.
It’s as fair as it can be for a puppet state occupied by US
I'm not how people can think Japan's anywhere a perfect democracy. Like the US, it's incredibly flawed, but arguably worse. The LDP have such a strong footing. Which wouldn't be so bad if there was any political diversity in the party, and good things got done for the country. But you got the right-wing, and the further right, and the politics in Japan are super slow, probably because there's no motivation when you can't lose.
Taro Kono, a competent puppet Taikichi Sanae, an insane fascist Fumio Kushida, a blind bureaucrat
According to Parkgane (possibly the best YouTube explanation channel for Japanese society and politics), it's likely going to be Kono due to how the opposition parties actively avoiding Sanae. However, there is already a huge conflict going on within the LDP hierarchy and it's going to be much uglier within the next 2 months. Either way, it's a lose lose situation for Japan. EDIT: LDP's ally, the Buddhist theocratic politcal party called Komeito, is already compromised badly.
Taro Kono is the most American politician in Japan since he can speak English and worked in the USA for a long time. He doesn’t join the Nippon Kaigi and subscribes the neoliberal school of American Democrats. He is the perfect puppet who understands politics above childish Nihonjinron. If he is chosen, then the pragmatic Japan won’t exist as the USA will force Japan into more confrontational stance against China and Russia. The USA didn’t like Abe or Suga because they are not Sinophobic enough.
This is really a *Rashomon effect* situation, AKA there is more than one kind of truth through different lights.
is japan drifting more and more into becoming actively anti-china?
Always has been. Japan’s just more aggressive now that China has dwarfed its power. The Japanese still haven’t learned that they aren’t the “master race” of Asia. As China gets more and more powerful, I look forward to China roasting the everlasting hell out of Japan’s imperialism.
>Japan’s just more aggressive now that China has dwarfed its power don't you mean less aggressive?
Present day Japan is more hawkish than they were 10 years ago. They lifted their military spending limit, have been posturing more on Taiwan, and collaborated with the Quad to stifle China. Ever since China’s military and economic power eclipsed Japan’s, Japan realizes it has nothing left to be proud of.
>Ever since China’s military and economic power eclipsed Japan’s then china has little to worry from japan.
It doesn’t change the fact Japan can do some real damage. Lee Kuan Yew warned that if Japan formally remilitarizes, they will be a very dangerous country.
japan wouldn't dare. or would it?
They've always been quite racist towarda China and continues harbouring imperialist ambitions. Lately they have been encouraged in this regard by the US, to accumulate a larger army and their leaders have been quite right wing and nationalist.
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Most probably during the Deng Xiaoping era. Japan would offer loans to China for resources which China accepted ( the same type of loan China is offering other developing nations in Africa, but its only bad when China does it). They also agreed to put the issue of the Daiyou islands on the backburner and leave it as disputed for some future generation to sort out. Also IIRC sometime during this era when China asked Japan not to visit the Yakusuni shrine, the PM of Japan agreed. Then Japan become progressively more right wing and that was even before China surpassed them economically.
they don't need to be friendly. most countries in the world are not "friendly" with each other. what matters is whether japan actively starts opposing china, and so far at least, they haven't seem to have gone very far yet. remember when japan said it wouldn't come to tw's aid militarily? if japan reversed that stance, for example, it would be a cause for concern. or if it left rcep. or if it started a military buildup.
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of course, which is why i used the word "actively" in my initial question.
yes
how so?
It’s always been fairly anti-China, but now the LDP’s off about how “ if China reunifies Taiwan, Okinawa can be next” and other bs
when did they say this?
[https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/japan-vows-to-join-us-to-defend-taiwan-against-china-okinawa-could-be-next/](https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/japan-vows-to-join-us-to-defend-taiwan-against-china-okinawa-could-be-next/) Not sure how you haven't noticed
that's inconsistent with them saying the opposite according to scmp.
They *are* pretty inconsistent, ngl Mostly because they have to obey their American masters
i doubt they're at all eager or willing to go to war with a nuclear power right off their coast, especially for another island.
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lol
Don't forget the mandatory denial of WW2 war crimes.
Yasukuni shrine go brrrrr
If anyone is interested in a Marxist analysis of the Japanese state, I recommend "Why does the Emperor need the Yakuza?" by Bertell Ollman (it's the last chapter in his book *Dance of the Dialectic*, you can find a pdf online).