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- scarth, on 07/21/2009, -1/+46he looks really angry about it too in that thumbnail
- twiztidsinz, on 07/21/2009, -0/+37VOTE GUNDAM!
- j3ff86, on 07/21/2009, -2/+31The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
- iparker, on 07/21/2009, -8/+33I live here. Nobody likes the guy nor his competitor. Some are saying we need an Obama approach, but this society is so wrapped up in bureaucracy and tradition I doubt we'll see anything revolutionary.
- Tyrghast, on 07/21/2009, -1/+25They're being replaced with sentient robots.
- TSK05, on 07/21/2009, -16/+38The promise a lot but do nothing approach? I don't think you need that.
- blitzkriegpunk, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1850-foot-tall sentient robots.
- zeth006, on 07/21/2009, -0/+11Don't forget the Lost Generation.
- Poseur117, on 07/21/2009, -0/+9thank you for you insightful post.
- fixty, on 07/21/2009, -0/+9WITH ACID!!
- elektronjunge, on 07/21/2009, -0/+9When an election occurs in a parliamentary system the majority party gets to choose the prime minster, usually by internal election. So to prevent interference by the PM the parliament is dissolved and all seat go for re election. (well to some extent) The majority party grabs the most seats and chooses the people to sit in them.
- masamunecyrus, on 07/21/2009, -0/+7And we're following right in their footsteps, having learnt nothing ourselves.
- stonebear, on 07/21/2009, -1/+8In school girl uniforms.
- brim4brim, on 07/21/2009, -0/+7I feel sorry for Japan, first housing and banking crisis, now export crisis :(
- raptorlightning, on 07/21/2009, -1/+7This would be the American equivalent of forcing a re-election in the House of Representatives. Not that big of a deal. The title is very misleading to assumptions. Please digg this up.
- TSK05, on 07/21/2009, -0/+6"Would it be the equivalent of the U.S. President saying "ehh we are going to get rid of congress for now and just have a vote in a few months". If so, that seems kind of weird."
No. As elektronjunge expained, that is not it. It's common in parliamentary systems, happens in the UK as well for instance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_parlia ... - Ellipsys, on 07/21/2009, -6/+11Where do you come up with this stuff? Japan was doing great back when it had MORE government intervention. Now they have ***** Freeters working in fish markets because there's no job stability. Health care is now more for-profit and the quality of care is lower especially for young people. Even some old people are worried about losing the pensions that made Japan an excellent place to live into a ripe old, active age.
Now they're moving towards the "Sorry, no time for calligraphy, ikebana, and pottery, you're going to have to work until you're dead, without health care, and eat cat food" american style movement. I can only imagine what ***** catastrophes would have happened if the banks had not been so heavily regulated by the government. That is why they are strong, and we're having a meltdown. Its only as they kowtowed to the global market's greed that things started falling apart.
To hell with that. - mfc5200, on 07/21/2009, -0/+5Can you explain what is meant by dissolving parliament? What is it? When it is allowed etc?
Would it be the equivalent of the U.S. President saying "ehh we are going to get rid of congress for now and just have a vote in a few months". If so, that seems kind of weird. Under what conditions is it allowed?
Sorry, I don't know anything about Japanese politics but would like to learn. - humanerror, on 07/21/2009, -0/+4and Kabuki theater
- mysticalone, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Vote for absolute power to be granted to the chancellor.
- sanskrtam, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Don't forger the infamous pension crisis stupidly done by the LDP.
- Elranzer, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3I'd say Obama is doing a lot... just not what he said he'd do.
- bungoman, on 07/21/2009, -1/+4they probably think you're talking about the american party with a sorta similar name. we're talking about digg here. what do you expect?
- Akairenn, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3And Giant Killer Death Robots.
I mean, look at the thumbnail. You can almost see the stereotypical animated line background. Next up: explosions and a giant robot emerging out of the building that houses their Parliament. - Yage2006, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Better watch out for that army of clones they got growing :)
- mysticalone, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2OR HAVE A BUSTER RIFLE GO THROUGH YOUR HOME!
- palehorse864, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2Hmm, why do people care enough to bury this question? Seems odd.
- palehorse864, on 07/21/2009, -3/+5I wonder if this will eventually lead to another party than the liberal democratic party coming in.
- nedzeve, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2This is actually very important news coming from Japan. The Japanese economy has been stagnant for 30 years, and they've finally decided to move from a free-market economy to a more socialized economy. Does that sound familiar?
Change, folks. It's not going to happen in 5 or 10 weeks or even months, but slowly, we're progressing. - Elranzer, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2I wouldn't mind if Congress was suddenly dissolved and we had to have instant votes for candidates.
I also wouldn't mind if we got rid of political parties and candidates just had to run on their name. That way, the common man (read:idiot) wouldn't just vote based on his "sports team"/party. - nomlah, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2lol yeah i thought that too, as here in nz parliament gets dissolved every three years.
- UncleAsriel, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2If only more folks would remember good ol' Keynesian economics before things go slap-happy again!
- ogobeone, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2I hope that the DJP will move Japan toward a more consumptive, less export-focused policy so that our 2008 trade balance (-$74,120.40 million) will improve. Americans are incapable of saving more to improve our trade deficit, so we need to depend on the Japanese to spend more.
- SpykerSpeed, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2Alright, well Ellipsys, let me know how more government works out for America. Because I won't be around for it.
- vbullinger, on 07/21/2009, -1/+2No, no, Ellipsys is right:
Let's just have a Communist government! That'll solve all of our problems! - LeonJP, on 07/21/2009, -1/+2Ahahahaha, "strong"!? You do realise that it was less than a decade ago that some of the largest, oldest banks in the world - JAPANESE BANKS - went totally belly up and had to take out massive government loans and consolidate to survive?
* Survive - scrape through. Just. Barely. - palehorse864, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1Good point.
- judicar, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1This could be messy
- NodOfficer, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1@mysticalone
That will probably happen anyway. - themastersb, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1I don't believe that for a second. I think you're just a Weaboo.
- moderatescope, on 09/02/2009, -0/+1Check out this new article regarding the elections in Japan - http://moderatescope.blogspot.com/2009/08/change-i ...
- HottLumpiaz, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1Why does the prime minister look like an asian Christopher Walken???
- hyperblackchi, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1The whole world seems to know that it is in a stalemate hence kojima's cold war is beginning...
- inactive, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1You tried the Obama approach in the 90s and it didn't work.
- UncleAsriel, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1Unless someone kickstarts teh Utena Franchise again :P
Seriously, though - when will the non-confidence vote finally oust his ass? He's not helped the economy and generally remains as unpopular as ever, why not boot him out? - hydroplane, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1too soon
- akatsuki, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1More shenanigans in the Japanese government with no real end in sight. The reality is that an aging population has no desire to really rock the boat and without younger people pushing for change, none will come. Not a single thing is being done about the fact that Japan is literally going to die of old age, nor about the Post, nor about the projects to nowhere. Instead Japan is happy to idle in its near-obsolescence. Even when pure-blooded Japanese began to repatriate, they asked them to leave and never come back the moment the economy soured.
My prediction: as the population plummets, China will basically end up owning Japan. - katana0182, on 07/23/2009, -1/+1In a Westminster system country, which Japan is, dissolving Parliament is standard, if the Premier/Prime Minister/Chancellor/Grand Poobah can't command a majority, because the Parliament is the power in the Westminster system. All of the former British colonies are Westminster, except for the US, which is a Federal Presidential nation. Europeans favor Westminster systems, because Europe has nearly all central rather than federal states. The French have a weird hybrid, but then they're the French, lol.
It's a different system than the US, but just as democratic. Some would say that it's more democratic, and it delivers better democratic quality for a system with a single national legislature - but then Japan is a central rather than a federal state, so states (or provinces there) are just instrumentalities of the central government, where as in the US, we have a relatively weak central government, and strong state and local governments each with their own democratic microcosms.
The US has like 1 million elected positions at multiple levels of government, allowing nearly anyone to get involved in democracy, so we have lower entry barriers and more grass-roots participation. The Japanese have like a few thousand elected positions at one level of government. But the elections for those few thousand are loudly contested and well run, so people always have a good selection of choices.
TL, DR? Different strokes for different folks. -
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