On Tuesday, Japan’s parliament installed Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as prime minister. The elevation to power of this ultra-nationalist, pro-war figure comes with a new ruling coalition that is rapidly pushing establishment politics even further to the right.

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    It’s a nationalist right-wing party. I’d say much worse than Biden or other US Democrats since they don’t even have that veneer of appearing ”woke”.