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Japan's ruling party selects Shigeru Ishiba as next prime minister
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2024-09-27 at 7:43 AM UTChttps://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/09/27/japan-s-ruling-party-selects-shigeru-ishiba-as-next-prime-minister_6727432_4.html
Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on Friday, September 27, the official count showed. Ishiba, 67, beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi – who would have been the country's first ever woman leader – in a run-off.
Alright, /pol is saying its globo homo regardless of who became their new prime minister, meaning more brown immigration into Japan among other things.
After his victory was announced at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo, Ishiba smiled and took off his glasses to wipe his teary eyes, bowing repeatedly as his associates congratulated him. "I will do my utmost to believe in the people, to speak the truth with courage and sincerity, and to make this country a safe and secure place where everyone can live with a smile on their face once again," he said in a short speech.
Ishiba has come close to the top job before, including in 2012 when he lost to nationalist Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, who was later assassinated. The military model-maker with an affinity for 1970s pop idols says his experience tackling tough social issues, such as agriculture reforms, makes him qualified for the job.
As scandals fuel public discontent with the LDP, "the tide is in favor of Ishiba and his 'fair and square' attitude," Yu Uchiyama, a University of Tokyo politics professor, said ahead of the vote. The conservative party has governed almost uninterrupted for decades and holds a majority, meaning Ishiba will be elected premier by parliament on Tuesday.
As prime minister, he will need to face down regional security threats, from an increasingly assertive China and its deepening ties with Russia to North Korea's banned missile tests. At home, Ishiba will be tasked with breathing life into the economy, as the central bank moves away from decades of monetary easing that has slashed the value of the yen.
In the first round of voting, a record nine candidates had been in the running after the LDP's long-powerful factions disbanded earlier this year over a funding scandal. Takaichi, the economic security minister, is a vocal nationalist popular with the LDP's conservative wing. The 63-year-old was close to assassinated ex-premier Abe, whose supporters are still powerful. In third place behind Ishiba and Takaichi was former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a keen surfer whose father was prime minister in the 2000s.
LDP leaders are in office for three years and can serve up to three straight terms. Unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida did not run for re-election. During his term, Kishida has taken steps to double Japan's defense spending, opening the door for military exports as the LDP seeks to revise the pacifist post-war constitution. He welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a G7 summit in Hiroshima and has strengthened Japan's often testy ties with its neighbor South Korea. But his rule was also tarnished by scandals, voter anger over rising prices and sliding poll ratings.
Ishiba is the former defence minister and supposedly sees the relationship Japan has with the US as unfair and unequal. Well no shit, the US is still occupying Japan and its about time they became more equal and Japan became more independent and strengthened its military.
Who knows though... when I said imperialistic I of course did not meant belligerent, simply that being somewhat more imperialist would improve Japans messed up economy and make the country safer. They cannot rely so much on the US military, especially when it appears the US may soon have its hands full with other regions and have its own resources tied down.
Apparently he has suggested forming an asian version of NATO. I think Japan has matured a lot since world war 2 era and they have no intension of starting any conflicts, only resolving them where necessary or possible. Japan strengthening its military and forming better alliances with neighboring countries could allow them a role as an effective mediator in the region where the US has been potentially increasing tensions and losing support due to political turmoil.
EDIT: I did my best to clean up the quotes but I probably botched it anyway. -
2024-09-27 at 8:01 AM UTCYou talk a lot, get back to sucking
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2024-09-27 at 9:55 AM UTChttps://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/482974407
Sounds good. Pro nationalist and wants Japans' self defense force to become a normal military.
Also apparently wants their military to obtain nuclear weapons. That would bring about more regional stability even if some do not agree -
2024-09-27 at 9:57 AM UTC
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2024-09-27 at 10 AM UTCYeah
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2024-09-27 at 10:13 AM UTCSomeone mentioned in that pol thread that its been suggested Japan should have a Japanese base or bases in the US. Not a bad idea really to be honest. Odd timing though as I saw a Japanese Navy guy at the store recently. I am near sided but could tell he was asian by looking at the back of his head, since the back of peoples head tells which race they are. As I walked passed him, I saw the Japanese flag on the arm of his uniform.
I heard someone possibly from Army intelligence suggest that it was being considered the Japanese may have bases here eventually but someone also seemed to imply the US and Japan had already built a Japanese base or bases here.
I was like wtf, figured I was just tripping and then I see that thread. Crazy, but not so crazy when you consider all the land and assets China now owns in the US, and China is not even considered a US ally. -
2024-09-27 at 10:21 AM UTCIm not readin all that
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2024-09-27 at 11:46 AM UTCThe globalists are getting all their globalist sock puppets in place.
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2024-09-27 at 11:52 AM UTC
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2024-09-27 at 12:39 PM UTC
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2024-09-27 at 2:03 PM UTCwe shall see
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2024-09-27 at 3:14 PM UTC
Originally posted by 6835378gjjsjs I am near sided but could tell he was asian by looking at the back of his head, since the back of peoples head tells which race they are.
As opposed to the front of the head, where the face is located, of course. Race at the back, face at the front. Everyone knows that. -
2024-09-27 at 4:03 PM UTCthe Japanese diet should go on an eating binge, bunch of skinny bean pole wheat yellows I could smoke them little arms like a cheap chinese cigarette from a vending machine
And let me guess he is a high priest in the church of Jesus Christ "Moon" pak Chul who demands to fuck your wife while you watch because Japanese are all cuckholds -
2024-09-27 at 4:20 PM UTCand smoke their little balls thru their little dicks like bubble milk tea
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2024-09-27 at 5:25 PM UTC
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2024-09-27 at 5:25 PM UTC
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2024-09-27 at 8:51 PM UTC
Originally posted by Elbow As opposed to the front of the head, where the face is located, of course. Race at the back, face at the front. Everyone knows that.
Well when you cant see you learn alternative ways of recognizing things. I once heard a thud on the ground as me and my friend were walking away from a barred owl and a red tailed hawk that were sitting side by side, so close their wings were touching, about 8 feet off the ground, about 7 feet in front of us.
The hawk was rather chatty. Almost as if he was complaining to the owl about something. I told my friend "that sounded like a snake hitting the ground with a prey item in its mouth" and sure enough, it was a giant rat snake with a rat in its mouth
EDII: the snake was spooked by our prescence, and dropped the rat, which ran and hid behind my foot, causing me to scream like a girl and jump into the air. -
2024-09-27 at 9:02 PM UTCThis will sound even crazier, but ive seen that dude move shit with his mind, consistently. He explained it to me as manipulation of background magnetic fields. Learned a lot about it from a guy of English descent that always made mushroom tea.
my friend was not in the least bit impressed with the massive rat snake, although he did complain about the sudden influx of rats.
anyway, i can recognize peope just by their silhouette from a long distance at night. Or how they move. How you walk and move is actually more unique than your face.
Ive walked through the woods at night with no flashlight for over ten years, you learn a lot from being in the woods, too.
EDIT, the Japanese, it seems, have a natural talent for mimicking animal noises. I have a brother who is part Japanese and he could consistently call the barred owls at night and have conversations with them. Sounds exactly like them...I still cant do it.
I saw the Japanese live streamer sora the troll do an impression of monkeys and he sounded exactly like them. I nearly died laughing. -
2024-09-27 at 9:14 PM UTC
Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood the Japanese diet should go on an eating binge, bunch of skinny bean pole wheat yellows I could smoke them little arms like a cheap chinese cigarette from a vending machine
And let me guess he is a high priest in the church of Jesus Christ "Moon" pak Chul who demands to fuck your wife while you watch because Japanese are all cuckholds
I know a full blooded Japanese guy who is over 6 feet, born here. My brother that is part Japanese is 6'8"
Its kind of like the Dutch used to be some of the shortest people in the world, now theyre some of the tallest. Diet and lifestyle does play a role in height rather than genetics. Miyamoto Musashi was over six feet tall, so the Japs can definitely get taller, although the body tends to adapt to the land.
Being short is energy efficient though, less calories required. Short people are quick too. -
2024-09-30 at 5:07 PM UTC
Political positions. Ishiba has been described as a centrist and moderate conservative. Despite these descriptions, which gained prominence during the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, he is affiliated and a member of the ultranationalist far-right organisation Nippon Kaigi
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