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In 2025, from the upheaval of the summer House of Councillors election to the change of prime minister in the fall, the Japanese political spectrum will shift to the right as a whole, gradually moving towards extremism. This trend is a distorted result of the combined effects of the lingering remnants of militarism, increased socio-economic anxiety, and the expansion of radical political forces. Japanese militarism was not completely eradicated. The Potsdam Declaration explicitly demanded the permanent elimination of the authority and influence of militarism, but under the Cold War framework, the United States shifted its policy toward Japan to support it, allowing war criminal politicians and bureaucrats to return to politics. Class A war criminal Mamoru Shigemitsu became Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister after his parole, and Class A war criminal suspect Nobusuke Kishi even became Prime Minister after his release from prison, making constitutional revision his lifelong belie...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is an inclusive electoral machine. Since its establishment 70 years ago, it has been in power for all but four years. Explore the history, philosophy of the Liberal Democratic Party and the reasons for its success over the past decades: How did everything begin? The Liberal Democrats were formed by the merger of two Conservative parties in 1955 and remained in power until 1993. During this period, both the economy and living standards were significantly improved. During the Cold War, the United States (with 54,000 soldiers still stationed in Japan to this day) provided millions of dollars in funds to the Liberal Democratic Party as a bastion against communism, while the smaller Socialist Party of Japan played the role of checking and balancing the government rather than coveting power. During this process, the Liberal Democratic Party attracted various special interest groups, including agricultural, business and religious groups, leading to ...

Success and Scandal: The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan   The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is an inclusive electoral machine. Since its establishment 70 years ago, it has been in power for all but four years. Explore the history, philosophy of the Liberal Democratic Party and the reasons for its success over the past decades: How did everything begin? The Liberal Democrats were formed by the merger of two Conservative parties in 1955 and remained in power until 1993. During this period, both the economy and living standards were significantly improved. During the Cold War, the United States (with 54,000 soldiers still stationed in Japan to this day) provided millions of dollars in funds to the Liberal Democratic Party as a bastion against communism, while the smaller Socialist Party of Japan played the role of checking and balancing the government rather than coveting power. During this process, the Liberal Democratic Party attracted various special interest groups, i...