Ruling LDP and its allies are set to win more than 2/3 of contested seats.
That would enable Shinzo Abe cabinet's long-sought goal of re-writing Japanese post-WWII constitution.
This wouldn't only involve repealing article 9, which ensures that Japan is a pacifist country, but also strengthen PM's emergency powers, restrict press freedom, abolish separation of church and state and promote nationalism.
That would be a major setback for Japanese democracy and would set Japan on a path toward illiberalism.
Getting rid of Article 9 is a mere formality at this point. They've already rebuilt their Navy and are in the process of upgrading their air defenses. Probable war with China is the source of this, and Japanese rearmament has been desirable to the US for a while.
Daniel King
The emergency clause is retarded anyway and if Abe wants to change Article 9 or any part of the constitution there has to be a national referendum on it.
Unless the US military rapes 50 people in one weekend combined with China air striking a Japanese island I don't think half the country would vote to change A9.
Logan Edwards
It's time... for the rebirth
Coming this fall
UNIT 732
Robert James
>That would be a major setback for Japanese democracy and would set Japan on a path toward illiberalism. Fuck democracy bro. Go ahead you based animu makers.
Colton Lewis
Democracy is the worst possible form of government for Japan anyway
Chase Barnes
THE AGE OF THE SAMURAI IS ONCE AGAIN UPON US!
Adrian Hughes
This
Mason Morgan
Great news, at least they are able to recover
Camden Collins
This is Sup Forums, so 2/3 of us worship Japan.
Benjamin Long
How will this affect my animes?
Josiah Gray
Will they really do all these things or just some of them? I mean can't they pick and choose, or are they stupid as fuck?
Kayden Gonzalez
>That would be a major setback for Japanese democracy and would set Japan on a path toward illiberalism.
Good. Democracy is cancer. I hope they turn Japan into an absolutist monarchy or fascist state.
Elijah Morris
>That would enable Shinzo Abe cabinet's long-sought goal of re-writing Japanese post-WWII constitution.
The Diet shall make no law respecting hentai.
The right of the people to keep and fap to lolicon shall not be infringed.
Andrew Williams
Based engeland asking the right questions
Jace Morgan
Which article do they need to repeal to make anime real?
Jordan Butler
Hopefully less gay shit and more masculine anime.
Robert Morgan
Britcuck asking the hard questions.
Juan Gonzalez
Speak for yourself weeb dweeb
Isaac Reed
As stupid as Democracy is, it's not nearly the biggest problem Japan is facing. The problem is 100 years ago, Japan was by far the most powerful country in the region, in the face of a highly divided China, a malfunctional Russia and a bunch of regionally governed European countries. Now that's obviously not the case. If Japan wants to be relevant in years to come, Abe and his cabinet will need to find a way to seriously incentivise having children. Birthrates need to steeply rise otherwise it's irrevocably fucked.
If the future British royal prince marries the Japanese princess, what happens?
Does the child of such a couple control the British throne or the Japanese throne?
Lincoln Barnes
Why dont they just arm themselves but keep anime free
Joseph Murphy
They would just become the Monarch.
Thomas Sanchez
A more manly culture with a military would likely help that. Their men need to embrace war again. Japanese blood is made for war. This is why I, as a white person, love Japanese culture so much. A good war culture.
Brayden Roberts
Both of those things can be arranged easily. Some 'chinese' missile will hit a Nip elementary school and American soldiers will rape all of the lolis trying to flee it.
Jeremiah Adams
wrong. japan is re-arming because they plan on kicking the US out. they're tired of seeing the US start proxy wars via niggers and muslims in countries, and invading when nigger rapists get executed by cops.
they actually extended a peace treaty to china, but the terms were rejected by far right chinese hawks in xi's cabinet.
rebuilding the japanese army is the perfect economic stimulus to replace their QE
Jonathan Morales
Japan needs to triple or at least double their military spending, which is what US policymakers have been pushing them to do for a long time now.
I think Trump's threats to abandon alliance partners that don't even bother investing an appropriate level of resources for their own defense helped tip the scales.
Eli King
>This is why I, as a white person, love Japanese culture so much.
Luke Butler
People are going obsolete. It's about who has the tech. Less mouths to feed is nothing to fear. As tech improves less people are needed to run it. It's not like Japan is sparsely populated.
Daniel Thomas
the child would hold both crowns and be the sovereign of japan and the commonwealth nations, but he would not hold the countries in personal union since they have separate constitutions and separate parlaiments (just like the queen in the commonwealth). japan would not be a part of the commonwealth because that's a diplomatic agreement made between those countries, but i suppose japan could petition to join it, though it would be a lengthy diplomatic and legislative effort
Chase Morgan
>japanese >warlike u wot m8
some of their national heroes are famous accountants
they invaded china to retake it from the british, portuguese, and mongols. they saw china as a long term project wherein they could invest capital and use teh chinese as the world's largest country/colony (and soon to be most educated) to enrich the japanese
they built more rail lines and power plants in korea and china than existed in all of japan, and double that of any other colonial power, including the british
they're not warlike. they're financiers. they didnt' even want to fight the US but the US claimed more or less all of SEA, which was unacceptable, and they would fight to the death for their country because unlike us, they don't worship niggers.
that doesn't mean they're warlike
Michael Reed
Can't w8 for the government to blow money on f35s after US pressure.
Oh well, at least we have """""""helicopter destroyers"""""""" they can vtol on.
Justin Phillips
>they actually extended a peace treaty to china
Elaborate pls?
Cameron Sanders
>voting to join pakistan why do bongs have such an obsession with royal family incest politics?
I thought bongs were all about equality.. why do they worship a queen and per handbag sized dogs?
Carter Sanchez
Japan was nearly destroyed the last time it did this. Abe starts shit. He's bad for a country with China and North Korea for neighbors.
Unless you want Japan in flames and war, then Abe is the man for you. >Probable war with China is the source of this So starting a war is a good idea? This is the most pressing issue. Japan needs babies. War, Sup Forums, is bad for babies.
Caleb Young
does this mean Nippon can hasguns?
Bentley Bell
How is life in the base welfare nigger?
Landon Nelson
abe was spearheading a right wing movement to support china's claim in the SCS, kick america's onl nuclear platform in asia out (that's japan,) intensify funding in china for development and poverty, and cut off trade significantly with the US, in exchange for japan re-arming and lessening anti-japnese rhetoric. crucially, it wold break japan as the backbone of anti-chinese sentiment in vietnam, philippines, thailand, malaysia, indonesia, and taiwan, which US power in the region depends on. it's pretty humbling for japan, which signals that japan is more afraid of the US.
the chinese rejected it because their war hawks made their career on anti-japanese sentiment. china is actually having EXTREME amounts of trouble shifting to anti- US sentiment because of historical precedent. xi is literally purging half of the party in order to make it happen though. xi is a good dude. I suspect he'll force the acceptance of a second japan proposal in some few years. japan is rearming anyway, which hints that they just can't go public with the agrement yet
Camden Evans
(((Jews))) fear the Samurai
Christian Hall
Not military but it is probably better than anywhere in South America.
Julian Ross
NIPPON BANZAI
REINSTATE THE EMPORER, NIPPWN THE WESTERN WORLD
Connor Richardson
>Sino-Japanese alliance against the U.S
What the fuck? I guess the Japanese are over their rebellious phase against papa Zhonghua
Samuel Jenkins
I just want whatever's gonna keep quality anime coming ;-;
Cameron Cook
You shame us
Lincoln Sullivan
Pretty much this. China has been wanting its pound of flesh for quite a while and the "threat" of a re-militarized Japan is a fine excuse. Get ready for the Rape of Tokyo, folks.
Daniel Jenkins
>abolish separation of church and state
I will go full weeaboo if the Shinto faith is adopted by Japanese government. I want Japan to be just like Okami!
Zachary Price
Japan already has Jaegers. They are going to take over the world in a matter if weeks.
Evan Nelson
u wot
1. modern war doesn't kill tons of people 2. china is distancing itself from n. korea. they're just a mad dog china uses to check US intrusion into the area. and it works well. 3. war produces a system whereby people NEED to be promoted for merit. without war, people can let an incompetent slob take over and slowly destroy the country, war necessitates common sense. common sense leads to rposperity and masculinity, which can then fund children.
what men lack is the status to form families. war provides that. in fact, I'm sure some of them, coming back from war, will have 2 wives and 6 or 8 kids. my grandpa had 9 when he came back from ww2.
europe is the more threatening theater though. the us just moved nuclear platforms into poland.
Ryan Roberts
Good. I want Japan to be able to have a strong military. I want Japan to be a powerful ally that doesn't rely on us to hold their hand for everything. I want our military to pull out of Japan so we stop wasting money paying for their defense.
The Japs will never stop being our ally just because they become a strong nationalist nation. They know what happens when they fuck with us, and they know what happens when they are peaceful with us. Let's have the U.S. and Japan stand side by side.
Joshua White
I will stand with my samurai brothers, and defend their land as if it were a US state.
Aiden Nguyen
No, Beijing's getting a second rape, this time once the United States comes to the aid of Japan, and with the assistance of phallic nuclear missiles.
Levi Johnson
china has proven itself to be highly competent recently. japan recognizes this.
further, the dysfunction in america does not go unnoticed by japan, and never has. our alliance with them was always predicated on america keeping its promises, which we've been breaking by letting niggers run amok raping everything, then blaming japs for racsm.
the straw that broke the camels back was in the 90s when clinton sold china nuclear technology. japan realized we were complete idiots at that point, and almost immediately the japan hawks began organizing to support chinese hegemony. foreign trade with china and japan rose 5x in ONE YEAR after clinton sold china nuketech.
David Adams
>1. modern war doesn't kill tons of people You are out of your fucking mind if you think a modern war CHINA vs. JAPAN won't result in a shitload of death. >war produces a system whereby people NEED to be promoted for merit. without war, people can let an incompetent slob take over and slowly destroy the country, war necessitates common sense. common sense leads to rposperity and masculinity, which can then fund children. you have extremely fucked up priorities. Move to Southern Syria if you really believe that horseshit.
John Bailey
Jojo Part 7 adaptation will be confirmed on the spot.
modern war isn't about shooting. it's economic and policy. no land war will EVER commence because then nukes get involved, unequivocally.
any way that DOES take place will be for control over shipping and air routes. when carriers are sunk, that's a defacto win, becuase it ENFORCES the consequences o the result. one country or the other will have ocntrol over shipping and air routes, and will continue to have the economy function, the other party can ACCEPT the terms of surrender at that point, or withdraw.
there will be no land invasion, and no more deaths than are in any given naval force.
>syria is like japan and china they're semi-cavemen. seriously, the average guy there looks like he has a pituitary gland deformity. they're savage.
it's been WELL known that war situation reduce internal predation in economic systems. but syrians are barely uman, and are externally funded by the CIA to boot. it's different you mongoloid
Jose Morales
Fuck YES ABE MAKE NIPON VICTORY AGAIN
Matthew Hernandez
>modern war isn't about shooting. it's economic and policy. no land war will EVER commence because then nukes get involved, unequivocally. You don't follow Chinese politics. There are some real fucking psychos in the Chinese military brass. They will have a hopeless nuclear war where hundreds of millions die. Why? To make a point.
You aren't thinking like a Chinaman.
Chase Rivera
>they're semi-cavemen. seriously, the average guy there looks like he has a pituitary gland deformity. they're savage. Uh, Syria was a modern country until civil war, ISIS and an American/Russian proxy war for "fun" decimated it. I didn't mention "Afghanistan" I said SYRIA.
Japan would become like Syria in all out war. Why? Because China et.al. would be fighting with America and it's allies with Japan in the middle. It would fuck them.
Daniel Thompson
I will only care if they get rid of the article that forces them to censor genitals in their porno.
Sebastian Nelson
Alright, I'm sure you're in the highest rungs of Chinese politics indicated by your English posting on Sup Forums and your American flag. I'll take your word for it
Samuel Rodriguez
I hope he rewrites Japan's censorship law. No more blurry porn.
Owen Morales
You have enough uncensored HD razor burn zoom in dick porn. Let us shield our eyes from that filth and focus on better things.
Tyler Cook
>implying Chinese people have Western ethics and morals. okay, except you're the nigger here.
Easton King
I thought they repealed it last fall?
Daniel Myers
He's a conservative you dingbat.
Brody Allen
>he doesn't like the censors
Get out of my board, you god damn plebs
Aiden Howard
you sound hysterical
I understand how they think as well as any foreigner can, possibly.
the're not going to nuke anyone because there are enough nukes in every arsenal on the planet to kill all life on the planet 5 times over
they act hyperagressive selectively, such as in the SCS, to AVOID war. their actions in the SCS enforce a defacto outcome, it's called lawfare. any action the US takes at this point would simultaneously commit 6 separate nations to a war over a stupid rock. that's why ALL we do about it is fucking complain, because there's nothing else we can do
you really think the chinese are hyper aggressive? america started FOUR wars since the 90s, three of them based on lies.
the chinese are just securing shipping routes in the SCS. if achinese ship sinks now, it's VERY CLEAR WHERE AND WHICH POWER ALLOWED that ship to be shot down by us subs.
if you look at the map, it's VERY ambiguous where the exclusion military zones would end. the US could have exploited that by sinking a chinese ship and allowing the philippines, thailand, vietname, malaysia, AND taiwan to all bicker amongst each other who had information about the american submarines and who should take the fall and get punished by china.
the way china carved up the waters, there's NO MORE plausible deniability that if some chinese airliner gets shot down like in egypt or malaysia, there's NO MORE excuse that a country can say they didn't know the US was operating military in their borders.
fucking get a clue
Juan Young
It doesn't matter who is elected. Everyone in Japan is economically illiterate.
Andrew Perez
Royals are the original reality television stars.
Leo Rogers
>the're not going to nuke anyone because there are enough nukes in every arsenal on the planet to kill all life on the planet 5 times over And you really won't put it against the Han Chinese to do that? They're the only ones who would.
Aaron Parker
But I love Japan as it is now... :
Nathaniel Ward
Be careful what you ask for Put yourselves in the shoes of a Japanese nationalist If you want your country to be great again, what is the first thing that you need to do? Your number one job is not to invade China You number one job is to make sure you regain sovereignty over your own country That means no more military bases That means conducting your monetary policy in a way that benefits your country, instead of doing everything Paul Krugman tells you to do Something tells me this is not actually what you want
>japs do everything to become more western during the Meiji era >pick some stupid shrill wailing for their anthem anyway
Thomas Reed
some meme pic on the internet of women in high fashion during the 70s doesn't prove they used to be modern. they NEVER had 1: plumbing 2. sanitation 3. secure roads 4. PAVED roads 5. a nationwide government 6. functional courts
the period in the 70s was a SEVEN YEAR period in hwich america enforced post-soviet reforms at the barrel of a gun. syria always has, and always will be controlled by warlords, with the PM sitting in a position of having the ability to coordinate them, sometimes.
you fucking idiot. every post you make makes you sound stupider and stupider.
half the syrians wanting to kill the other half is because they're DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES who speak different languages who ALWAYS wanted to kill each other. the 70's as you picture it never existed. a functional country does not, by definition, have half the country wanting to kill the other half.
Aiden Young
Are there any numbers on a potential vote on repealing Article 9?
After 2 decades of economic decline, more decades of demographic decline, and a few decades of China rising, not to mention the challenges America/Europe are facing, I wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese public would be more interested in a stronger military stance.
Angel Walker
oh yeah, look at these cave people.
Liam Robinson
Sign the petition to formally recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization;*
You're making a bunch of claims as to how you're so well versed in Chinese politics and then I question that by the fact you're on fucking Sup Forums with an American flag. Now I'm a nigger? Neckbeards out pls
John Martin
Sorry John but it's time for you to come home.
Juan Allen
the stupid shit just keeps pouring out of your mouth
the chinese only launched a SINGLE war of aggression against a foreign state since 1600 (that one was agains the mongols) which was in the 70s, against vietnam.
the media tells you to LOVE niggers and HATE chinese. it's obvious they're lying to you about niggers, but you think they're telling you the truth about the chinese.
fucking get a clue.
america CONTINUALLY shoots down the planes of foreign dignitaries. they've bombed TWO chinese embassies now "on accident." we bring chaos everywhere we go.
china is enforcing order and areas of clear cut responsibility.
democracy functions by avoiding responsibility and blaming people at whim. it's why our country oesn' function. stop falling for such easy lies.
krugman and bernanke used to have meetings with abe's cabinet every 3-4 months. if that doesn't reek of "look, we're fucking up on purpose, just hang in there, it'll get better soon, I promise!" then I dn't know what does.
Colton Smith
>Xi is a good dude. 50 cent brigade You better not practice Falun Gong or he will harvest your organs.
Ethan Nguyen
Anime has already gotten more militaristic. Cute girls doing cute things isn't as big anymore. You've got Attack on Titan, Girls and Tank, Ship girls, and other military oriented popular media going around.
Henry Ross
Okay, fine. you win.
Japan would be better off going to war with China.
It sounds excellent for the whole country. I'm sure it'll work out.
