Japanese Opposition Party Critical of US Role
Polls Shows Japanese Opposition Party Critical of US Role Poised for Victory | Party Seeks Foreign Policy Independent of US
by Jason Ditz, August 18, 2009
With the official start of the political campaign in Japan, the nation’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been the ruling party more or less consistantly for the past 50 years, is trailing dramatically according to two polls by major Japanese dailies.
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a relatively new opposition party which runs on a dramatically anti-traditionalist platform is shown leading 35 percent to 16 percent by Tokyo Shimbun, and 40 percent to 21 percent by Asahi Daily.
In contrast to the bureaucratic LDP, the DPJ has sought a dramatic break with business as usual in the notoriously slow to change Japanese government. The DPJ advocates a limited and decentralized government domestically, and an independent foreign policy abroad. They have in particular criticized the LDP for unquestioningly following the American lead in matters of policy, and call for improved relations with China and Korea.
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Japan is a super preditor on the oceans.
http://endoftheline.com/
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
Sounds solid
"The DPJ advocates a limited and decentralized government domestically, and an independent foreign policy abroad."
This is what I want to see for America.
Limited, decentralized government and an independent (from multinational corporatist interests) foreign policy abroad.
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