Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Japanese Politics 101

Welcome back to Japanese Politics 101!
In this episode we talk about Japan's famous Liberal Democratic Party. When was the party founded? And how much power does it wield? Why has it been the leading party for the grand majority of post World Ward 2 Japan? Join hosts Timothy Langley and Michael Cucek in another episode of Japanese Politics 101 to find out!
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[@RickG151]

The problem with the Democratic Party in America is that they've abandoned their "koenkai" in places outside the East and West coasts. I am amazed at the flexibility of the LDP, that it's able to spread the money around in ways that can garner votes like a social democratic party, and yet be able to stiff other regions and key societal groups without there being much opposition. When an opposition does organize, the LDP is able to undermine it through its longstanding money shovel to the hinterlands. It is interesting also that Koizumi did not destroy this relationship when he broke the postal monopoly into several companies, and crushed the "postal hantai" in the 2005 election.

[@user-mt4pg8xd6s]

Today, in 2022, these "Koenkai" are not that powerful. Instead, a cult has emerged by helping parties, mainly LDP, with election campaign. At last, the cult now can pose power on LDP and the cabinet, which comprises diet members backed up by the cult.

[@Pan_Z]

There's a lot more wrong with the American Democratic Party, but abandoning it's populist support base, in favour of my elitist & statist policies, is one of them.

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I'm learning so much about Japanese politics from your videos. Thanks guys.

[@wide3859]

Great episode again. This channel deserves much more views!

[@carljones982]

Fantastic insight and information as always. Every time I come here, I learn some new depth that I never understood fully before, and today it was the Koenkai. I have to say also, I am always incredibly impressed by the standard of quality you provide here.

[@coranfisher6167]

Yea hopefully they can become a partner to give them a tiny bit for doing this.

[@jessicobra7]

look, i know they're using a lot of hand motions, but why are the captions in italian?

[@HakimJamil94]

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[@futsal1958]

"The LDP is an aristocratic party - at least on the leadership level..."
I would say on the policy level as well.
Really interesting historical perspective as always. Good job! Now let's see a little more rigor in terms of analysis of the repercussions for society. That piece of the puzzle was completely absent from this session.

[@Pan_Z]

How so on a policy level?

[@junesilvermanb2979]

The LDP has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955 - a period called the 1955 System - except between 1993 and 1994, and again from 2009 to 2012.
In the 2012 election, it regained control of the government.
After the 2019 and 2021 elections, it holds 261 seats in the lower house and 111 seats in the upper house, and in coalition with Komeito since 1999, a governing majority in both houses.
The LDP is often described as a big tent conservative party, with several different ideological factions ranging from moderates to right-wing nationalists.
The party's history and internal composition has been characterized by intense factionalism ever since its emergence in 1955, with its parliamentary members currently split among six factions, each of which vie for influence in the party and the government.
Incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (and party President) is the leader of the party's Kōchikai faction.
The LDP is not to be confused with the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō), the main opposition party from 1998 to 2016, or the Democratic Party (民進党, Minshintō), the main opposition party from 2016 to 2017.
The LDP is also not to be confused with the 1998-2003 Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyūtō) or the 2016-2019 Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyū-tō).

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I learned ant japanese politics from "Sanctuary" manga

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[@duckbizniz663]

I am very interested in Japan and how their democratic government works. This is a very interesting presentation on the dominance of the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) in Japanese politics. A lot of things were presented. Actually its seems there are a lot of backroom dealing within the formal LDP structure, but it also sounds very democratic. Small local, mom-pop businesses get a say in national politics as well as large multi-national Japanese corporations. There seems to be a concern that rural, farming areas with small population receive too much representation or over represented in Japanese politics. This might be true. As Americans we frown upon that type of under-the-table agreements. Plus we have to understand that Japan is Japan. Their historical evolution is different from ours. They did not have George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, ... They had an Imperial system for 1300 to 1500 years with the last 700 years ruled by military commanders, i.e. the Shogun. The Meiji Restoration returned Rule to the Emperor. It was the Satsuma and Choshu Samurais who defeated the Tokugawa Shogunate. This is how Emperor Meiji regained Imperial Rule of Japan. The destruction of one feudal military order by another feudal military order. The Imperial Japanese Government was based on a European Constitutional Monarchy similar to Imperial Germany of the late 19th century. That Germanic Diet (Constitutional Monarchy) basically gave the emperor, daimyo (Japanese Feudal Lords), and the Satsuma-Choshu Samurai Class control of Japan. With real power resting in the hands of the Samurais of Satsuma and Choshu. With this political system Japan became an industrial power on the order of Western Europe.
Can such a society suddenly become a Democratic Republic of Western Humanism? Remember the US Army and Navy imposed a democratic republic on Japan at the end of WWII. Can we expect the average Japanese who revere Bushido and was willing to die for the Emperor suddenly become a Republican of Revolutionary France or the Federal Unification of the former 13 rebellious colonies of King George III? As an American I cannot say that I fully understand "a Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." I am not Abraham Lincoln. The average Japanese today respect Japanese traditions like Bushido (Code of the Samurai). Dying for slogans like "for King and Country" is not modern Republicanism. Even though you will hear the same slogan shouted with pride at Oxford Union debates. So much for Western Intellectualism. Let us face it there are exaggerations and falsifications in our media. So-called documentary created by "experts" are not what they claim to be. In these documentaries many qualified experts from elite American Academic Institutions are not the trained professionals they claim to be. We live in a country that respect freedom of thought and speech. So we get the truth, the lie, and a mixture of partial truths & lies from mass media. We need to be careful about the information we get.

[@langleyesquire]

Thank you for your interest. You might find the weekly show "Japanese Politics One-on-One" at Japan Expert Insights informative:th-cam.com/play/PLD_K55pXIzjVDaktKOW32EkBCaACZz7gH.html

[@SaintNomad]

The LDP, a political party with absolute support from Koreans. And the Japanese don't know why Koreans always want the LDP.

[@iamthinking2252_]

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[@a.kolodeev]

Really loved the joke about United Russia xD Sad, but true

[@Pan_Z]

7:47 should note that these pork barrel policies contributed to the 1994 reforms, where the LDP was part of the opposition for the first time.

[@caseylgoodrich]

How would the Japanese parties compare to parties in the US? GOP and DNC

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[@nick6426]

"In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority."
~Lenin, State and Revolution (1917)

[@HolographicThoughts]

"In communist society, we commit democide, politicide, classicide, and genocide on those who disagree with our ideology"
~Friendly communist regimes

[@Pan_Z]

@@JinjaOnHere Lenin's thought is returning, sadly. It's bizarre how the West defeated the USSR and communism, only to slowly become a halfbreed version of them.

[@SunflowerSocialist]

Great explainer, but it can be a little slow and boring at times. Maybe script it to streamline it and use more editing elements to make it more engaging

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