Chinese media focus on Aso's upcoming political hurdles

Wednesday 24th September, 05:12 AM JST

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tkoind2 at 08:53 AM JST - 24th September

China knows what Japan doesn't seem to realize. Aso is not the right man for the job and faces an almost certain chance of complete failure.

The only light I see at the end of this political tunnel is that it may bring down the LDP once and for all.
Shumatsu_Samurai at 04:16 PM JST - 24th September

The only light I see at the end of this political tunnel is that it may bring down the LDP once and for all.

As usual this sort of short-sighted statement doesn't consider what will follow the LDP. A mish-mash coalition of opposition parties that are not even united inside themselves, let alone between each other. There will be deadlock and/or self-contradictory and crazy policies. Japan will either crash or politics will be deadlocked.

Japan's only hope would be an early election to bring back the LDP or formation of a new party based on reformers from across the Diet.
cleo at 04:18 PM JST - 24th September

A mish-mash coalition of opposition parties that are not even united inside themselves, let alone between each other. There will be deadlock and/or self-contradictory and crazy policies. Japan will either crash or politics will be deadlocked.

You mean after the LDP wlil be business as usual?
drugger at 12:07 AM JST - 25th September

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Shumatsu_Samurai at 05:13 AM JST - 25th September

You mean after the LDP wlil be business as usual?

No, even worse. Even the LDP was relatively unified and could agree on policy that sort of made sense. A DPJ-led coalition would spend virtually all its time arguing amongst itself.

Make no mistake - the DPJ don't want to win the next election. They want to get rid of the LDP-NK 2/3 majority so they can block legislation in the upper house and extract concessions that way.
cleo at 09:54 AM JST - 25th September

Even the LDP was relatively unified and could agree on policy that sort of made sense.

You mean the kind of policies that killed off the pensions, put the 75+ oldies in an expensive health-care straightjacket, and almost doubled my local taxes? Some sense. I'd rather they hadn't agreed on those.

Let the DJP have a bash. They certainly can't do any worse. If they do nothing, it'll be an improvement.