The new Japanese government marks a turning point in the ruling class’s agenda to reassert its imperialist interests militarily at the expense of the working class.

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.

  • ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You referring to yamagami assassinating former prime minister Abe? Yes, although since Abe’s resignation in 2020, Japan’s already 4 prime ministers later.

    Postwar Japan is often described as a one and a half party state — there’s the right wing LDP and everyone else that is the opposition government, so there’s right wingers in power literally all the time.