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Outlook for Japan's politics set to hinge on small opposition party

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By Peter Masheter

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Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute, echoed the view, saying that the DPP "should simply demand a large directed at corporations and large asset holders and take a broader perspective including that of rentiers and remain flexible in its discussions with the ruling parties."

Fixed it for these overpaid financial analysts who are mouthpieces for financial conglomerates.

Only wish the 'small opposition party' was the Reiwa or JCP.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has set themsleves an impossible task.

Doubly challenging, a opposition that views Japan, in dire need for reform, as a squabbling, political points scoring huff puff, at the expense cost of every family that is suffering in a dire cost of living crisis.

Japan's fiscal deficit 2024, google AI generated estimate was 6.2% of its nominal GDP, down from 11.6% in the previous year.

The J tax payer is year on year, sooner or later quarterly, the obligatory supplementary budget bill.

Japan's Diet has enacted a supplementary budget bill for the last three months of the current fiscal year to fund a new economic package.

The Upper House of the Diet approved the budget totalling 13.9 trillion yen, or about 90 billion dollars, at a plenary session on Tuesday.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20241217_24/#:~:text=Japan's%20Diet%20has%20enacted%20a,a%20plenary%20session%20on%20Tuesday.

This behaviour action is reckless, economically unsustainable

Here.....

Japan: Budget balance from 2019 to 2029 in relation to gross domestic product

https://www.statista.com/statistics/270118/budget-balance-in-japan-in-relation-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp/

The budget balance is estimated to amount to -3.98 percent in 2029.

The indicator describes the general government net lending/borrowing which is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure.

Prices on the shelves are increasing across what home budget consider essentials

The Democratic Party for the People, its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki is a unhelpful irrational irritant. a distraction at best.

However Yuichiro Tamaki leveraged social media policy is impressive, enticing the 19 to 25 year old to heads up, take notice

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He is oppotunistic inhumane politician who exploits even insidious ageism spreading at present Japanese society to collect vote and instigating "death with dignity for reducing social security cost" without knowing even means of dignity.

His present iconic policy "abolishing wall of 1.03 million yen" is just deception or pretence that only increase working hours of parttime worker including students and don't solve fundamental poverty issues such as expanding inequality or lingering low wages despite shortage of worker.

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Japan's government seems open to diversity, while still respecting the ancient Japanese traditions . . . .

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