Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

The soufflé won't rise twice. Enjoy permanent opposition, Japan is now effectively a one party state.

Noda, 67, who campaigned to shift the left-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan toward the center,

Ah, that oh so respectable "center" is the MSM's go-to boilerplate euphemism giving cover to right-wing establishment politicians of every stripe. No meaningful opposition to them will ever come from Noda's anodyne "middle-of-the-road".

♪Meet the new boss,

Same as the old boss!♬

"I am committed to winning power, and our fight begins today,"

Well, at least it's honest.

Very exiting development.

CDP new leader who represents respect to former PM Abe of LDP who had ruined domestic democracy is obedient to financial ministry who only want to extort taxes maximumly from citizen, and He intends to cooperate with Osaka area's far-rights party clinging to hold too much costly Expo2025 with victimizing even safety or life of people.

CDP will deteriorated to banal party without clear differences to present corrupted LDP, will lose supporters until now, and Noda will help to LDP maintain regime again.

Noda used to be anti-nuclear. I wonder what his position is lately.

And he has no chance of being PM.

"I am committed to winning power, and our fight begins today."

The Diet members have chosen Noda, which is pretty much admitting the fight is already lost.

The Diet members have chosen Noda, which is pretty much admitting the fight is already lost.

Pretty much. This is the guy who destroyed the DPJ and wrote a book about it. And the opposition picks him to lead them??

Enjoy permanent opposition, Japan is now effectively a one party state.

It has been ever since Noda destroyed the real opposition.

You have to wonder what the "main opposition party" exists for in Japan. Their chances of winning are minimal unless the famously politically involved (sarcasm) Japanese public finds a scandal that's so bad it forces them to think about having to (gasp) change things. It almost seems like there's some kind of implicit understanding that having them around at least gives Japan the ability to pretend to be politically democratic.

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Their chances of winning are minimal unless the famously politically involved (sarcasm) Japanese public finds a scandal that's so bad it forces them to think about having to (gasp) change things.

Even if that were to happen the LDP might still win because in a lot of areas there just aren't any CDP candidates. They just don't have the funding.