A look at the parties contesting Japan's Dec 16 election

Politics Nov. 29, 2012 - 06:55AM JST ( 11 )

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SerranoNov. 29, 2012 - 07:06AM JST

"The spiky-haired Watanabe"

Heh, only Watanabe gets his appearance commented on here.
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globalwatcherNov. 29, 2012 - 07:32AM JST

Too many political partie in Japan....oh well, Japan's political system has been broken.
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Michael CraigNov. 29, 2012 - 07:35AM JST

You left out the Social Democratic and Communist parties! They're anti-nuclear, anti-TPP, Anti-consumption tax, pro-Peace Constitution and pro-Article 9!
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sakuralaNov. 29, 2012 - 08:19AM JST

What party would you vote for if you were able to vote? I think that I would be looking into the Japan Future Party...
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Ewan HuzarmyNov. 29, 2012 - 08:40AM JST

JAPAN RESTORATION PARTY

Established: 2012

Website: http://j-ishin.jp/(Japanese only)

Japanese only ...... just about sums them and their ideologies up .
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BertieWoosterNov. 29, 2012 - 08:51AM JST

Michael Craig-san,

You left out the Social Democratic and Communist parties! They're anti-nuclear, anti-TPP, Anti-consumption tax, pro-Peace Constitution and pro-Article 9!

True!

It makes one wonder why.

News media doesn't often tell direct lies, but they often create a vastly different picture by omitting certain facts.
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Thomas AndersonNov. 29, 2012 - 09:01AM JST

Nobody is going to care about Hashimoto, Ishihara and the Restoration Party anymore... they are politically done. They won't recover.
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ScroteNov. 29, 2012 - 10:54AM JST

What about the Happiness Realisation Party?
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DebuchoNov. 29, 2012 - 11:33AM JST

I will be voting for the "Horny Japan Beautiful Future" party
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SamuraiBlueNov. 29, 2012 - 02:05PM JST

Hashimoto's fundamentals were interesting but got lost when he joined up with Ishihara.

Hashimoto's original ideas were to de-centralize beaucracy power to five to seven states and streamline the process removing the duo organization of central government and local government giving more power to the local government financing the local governments by making consumption tax a local tax like in the US.
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AKBfanNov. 29, 2012 - 03:28PM JST

What a line up!