General Election in Japan
A general election seems to be close in Japan.
Prime Minister Mr. Noda promised to dissolve the Lower House soon when he asked help from LDP President Mr. Tanigaki this August. But Mr. Noda did not keep this promise while Mr. Tanigaki lost the position in the opposition party LDP.
Mr. Noda was successfully reelected as the head of the DPJ in September, though Mr. Tanigaki could not even run for the presidential election of his party in September. Now, the head of the largest opposition LDP is Mr. Shinzo Abe who once assumed office of Prime Minister of Japan, specifically, between 2006 and 2007.
But the promise PM Mr. Noda made with Mr. Tanigaki still remains. Mr. Noda was desperate this summer trying to make a tax-rise bill pass the Diet. He however got support from Mr. Tanigaki who then led the LDP to have lawmakers pass the bill. But Mr. Tanigaku requested early dissolution of the Lower House, which premier Noda accepted as everybody now knows.
The DPJ took over power in 2009 through a big and hot general election. Then, the socialistic party has had three top leaders who have become prime minister: Mr. Hatoyama, Mr. Kan, and Mr. Noda. But recent polls show that the DPJ will lose the coming election against the conservative LDP.
Among 480 seats in the Lower House of the Diet, the DPJ won 308 seats in the summer of 2009. But the incumbent ruling party is expected to get only 90 seats or so in the coming snap election.
The capitalistic LDP won only 119 seats in the summer of 2009. But this very pro-US party is expected to get 240 seats this time.
So, after the coming general election, it is anticipated that the center of gravity in the Japanese politics will move to the right-wing or conservative side again. That is why China is so intent on some diplomatic war against Japan, specifically, over the Senkkau Isands in the East China Sea.
But, real negotiations might be only possible with a conservative Japanese regime and the Chinese Communist Party.
Incidentally, the Lower House of the Japanese Parliament has right of priority in choosing the prime minister of Japan, though the Upper House has almost the same constitutional right as the Lower House does.
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