#ichiroozawa — Public Fediverse posts

Supermajorities reduce the need for interparty compromise, but they can actually intensify intraparty competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/17/japan/trouble-with-winning-big-for-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #dpj #ichiroozawa #yukiohatoyama #naotokan #yoshihikonoda #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #taroaso #shigeruishiba #2026lowerhouseelection

Supermajorities reduce the need for interparty compromise, but they can actually intensify intraparty competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/17/japan/trouble-with-winning-big-for-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #dpj #ichiroozawa #yukiohatoyama #naotokan #yoshihikonoda #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #taroaso #shigeruishiba #2026lowerhouseelection

Supermajorities reduce the need for interparty compromise, but they can actually intensify intraparty competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/17/japan/trouble-with-winning-big-for-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #dpj #ichiroozawa #yukiohatoyama #naotokan #yoshihikonoda #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #taroaso #shigeruishiba #2026lowerhouseelection

Supermajorities reduce the need for interparty compromise, but they can actually intensify intraparty competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/17/japan/trouble-with-winning-big-for-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #dpj #ichiroozawa #yukiohatoyama #naotokan #yoshihikonoda #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #taroaso #shigeruishiba #2026lowerhouseelection

The intense competition faced by Centrist Reform Alliance heavyweights in districts where they have enjoyed solid support for decades shows just how much of an uphill battle Sunday’s election is for the fledgling party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/politics/cra-veterans-tight-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yukioedano #ichiroozawa #junazumi #koichihagiuda #2026lowerhouseelection #cra

Japan’s largest opposition party is softening its stance toward Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government in a bid to “improve” Japanese politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/cdp-current-status/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #sanseito #ldp #yoshihikonoda #ichiroozawa #shigeruishiba

The question of lowering the consumption tax on food items to help consumers hit hard by rising prices has led to public spats within the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and concern over a possible breakup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/politics/cdp-consumption-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #kenjieda #yukioedano #ichiroozawa #yoshihikonoda #cdp #consumptiontax #taxes

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba may be popular among the public and local chapters of the Liberal Democratic Party, but when it comes to fellow lawmakers within the ruling party, it's an entirely different story. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/24/japan/politics/ishiba-shigeru-ldp-candidate-diet-hates-local-chapters-love/ #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #kiichimiyazawa #ichiroozawa #taroaso #shinzoabe #fumiokishida

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will hold its presidential election in September in what will effectively be a vote on whether to stay the course or make a change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/08/japan/politics/cdp-election/ #japan #politics #cdp #jcp #kentaizumi #ichiroozawa #tomokoyoshino #dpp #yukioedano

It could be difficult for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to end its cooperation with the Japanese Communist Party even after the surprise third-place finish of Renho, who both parties backed in the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/17/japan/politics/cdp-jcp-izumi/ #japan #politics #renho #cdp #2024tokyogubernatorialelection #jcp #kentaizumi #ichiroozawa #tomokoyoshino #dpp

With Naoto Kan announcing in October that he will not run in the next general election, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan — the main opposition party — will lose a high profile figure and political veteran from the party’s liberal wing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/03/japan/politics/naoto-kan-cdp-retirement/?utm_content=bufferbeff2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #cdp #naotokan #311 #diet #kentaizumi #ichiroozawa #chinaminishimura #yukioedano