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Jio Francis Kamata's avatar

I’m interested in your take on Hiyakuta Naoki’s new Conservative Party, and it’s impact on the LDP’s right wing base. I personally think a lot of people underestimates his name value as a best selling writer.

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Borners's avatar

Intelligent and measured as usual. But you underrate the Ishin factor for both members of the coalition as both have the option of allying with it. I suspect LDP-Ishin coalition would see the latter destroyed given its reliance on floating voters who following the precedent of SP/Jiyuto in the 1990's would blame it for the LDP's failures. But it would give them a chance for national influence. Of course the fundamental contradiction of Ishin remains, its urban localist agenda and nationalist-populist agenda are at cross-purposes.

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