Ex-main opposition CDPJ chief Edano eyes comeback in leadership race

No one cares huh.

It’s the policies that matter.

LDP is for big government spending and regulations.

An alternative should have a different type of policy mix, not the same thing in different colours.

fxgaiToday  08:55 am JST

No one cares huh.

It’s the policies that matter.

No, it's the money. Politics is expensive in Japan and the LDP have piles of cash.

LDP is for big government spending and regulations.

The LDP is for itself and rewarding its cronies who help LDP politicians get elected.

An alternative should have a different type of policy mix, not the same thing in different colours.

An alternative needs as many candidates for single-seat and PR block elections as the LDP. It doesn't matter about an alternative party's policies if they don't have the numbers win an outright majority, the best they can hope for is to form a coalition and then a lot of those policies will have to get ditched.

Sometimes I feel that opposition parties in Japan are quasi employees of LDP in order to appear that there's an opposition. They really do not have substantial impact. Despite the controversies that LDP has been facing, it remains as the main party in Japan till eternity.

"Ex-main opposition CDPJ chief Edano eyes comeback..." Meet the New Boss....Same as the Old Boss...

After the CDP's Renho was humiliated (there's no other word) in the Tokyo Elections? And with most of politically crucial Osaka are having flipped from CDP support to the right-wing "Isshin Party"? And with support for this party at half, I repeat, half the support of "scandal-ridden" outgoing Kishida? LOL. There is no electoral math that gets the Opposition close to control of anything in 2024. (And notice I made no mention of Komeito and its 32 seats sticking with the LDP!)

But Edano, if I could offer some advice? This time, don't align your party with the Communists? Their 10 seats are not worth tainting your supposedly "moderate" party with radicalism. You already brought the quite hard-Left SDP into your fold. This move absolutely destroyed your chances the last time around, gifted Osaka to the Right, and if polls are anything to go by, August 5th saw an NHK poll where fully 64% felt "unfavourable" or "no opinion" on your party's tying-up with other opposition parties. Care to guess why??

Hito BitoToday  12:31 pm JST

But Edano, if I could offer some advice? This time, don't align your party with the Communists? Their 10 seats are not worth tainting your supposedly "moderate" party with radicalism.

I don't think it's just the ten seats the CDP is interested in. I understand the JCP has quite an extensive grassroots operation and I suspect the CDP think that could help their candidates in election campaigns.

August 5th saw an NHK poll where fully 64% felt "unfavourable" or "no opinion" on your party's tying-up with other opposition parties. Care to guess why??

Until one opposition party has got the financial clout to take on the LDP all by itself, what choice have any of them got except for tying-up with each other. Which, by the way, I also think is completely self-defeating.

SeigiToday  12:13 pm JST

Sometimes I feel that opposition parties in Japan are quasi employees of LDP in order to appear that there's an opposition. They really do not have substantial impact. Despite the controversies that LDP has been facing, it remains as the main party in Japan till eternity.

Well, the LDP have made sure that politics in Japan is just for rich old men and their sons and heirs, and the LDP are mostly rich old men.

It’s more effective to join a faction within the LDP and try to increase your clout. 

Opposition parties are minor parties. Edano is as significant as a rock.

Potential contender Noda, 67, who has become a CDPJ advisor since his stint as premier over a decade ago, will likely decide whether to run in the coming days, in response to calls from relatively young fellow members who have high hopes for his return. Former acting CDPJ leader Kenji Eda, 68, is also a possibility.

Noda is among the worst politicians there are. In 2012 Japan didn't want to raise the sales tax. It was very unpopular and one of the reasons why 民主党 at the time was in power. The sales tax was an LDP policy and this party elected this clown who fulfilled the LDPs bidding. They laughed there behinds off in the next election and wipped out your party. This led to Abe's policy, weak yen, and hyper inflation where this country is today. Noda is the most horrible politican around and should never be supported.

This party has no future if it continues to support baffoons like Noda. You have to counter the LDP and create policies that will improve this country not destroy it.

quercetumToday 04:14 pm JST

It’s more effective to join a faction within the LDP and try to increase your clout.

Opposition parties are minor parties. Edano is as significant as a rock.

Good to see you're not pulling out the "Japan is a one party state" lie today, as you have done several times recently.

Of course, you're still suggesting that Japan's government is "just like China's" with your mention of "minor parties," but no actual lies so that's at least an improvement.