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« Reply #450 on: July 21, 2021, 03:48:42 PM »

There is a small COVID-19 surge in Japan.  But it almost completely in Tokyo and the Tokyo suburbs 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba) and 神奈川(Kanagawa) with the rest of Japan seeing hardly an increase.  From the Olympics and Suga's point of view this surge is coming in the wrong time and wrong place.
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« Reply #451 on: July 21, 2021, 08:42:16 PM »

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210721/k10013152451000.html
嵐の党 (Storm Party), usually referred to as the NHK Party, changes its name again to NHKと裁判してる党弁護士法72条違反で (The party fighting against NHK in the trial for violating Article 72 of the Attorney Act)
I'm not sure what Article 72 of the Attorney Act is. For a non parody party, these guys are pretty entertaining though.
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« Reply #452 on: July 21, 2021, 08:56:15 PM »

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210721/k10013152451000.html
嵐の党 (Storm Party), usually referred to as the NHK Party, changes its name again to NHKと裁判してる党弁護士法72条違反で (The party fighting against NHK in the trial for violating Article 72 of the Attorney Act)
I'm not sure what Article 72 of the Attorney Act is. For a non parody party, these guys are pretty entertaining though.

Sigh.  I saw this and just gave up on following this anymore.  Anyway Article 72 seem to state

"No person other than an attorney or a Legal Professional Corporation may, for the purpose of obtaining compensation, engage in the business of providing legal advice or representation, handling arbitration matters, aiding in conciliation, or providing other legal services in connection with any lawsuits, non-contentious cases, or objections, requesting for re-examination, appeals and other petitions against administrative agencies, etc., or other general legal services, or acting as an intermediary in such matters; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply if otherwise specified in this Act or other laws."

In other words the accusation is that NHK is acting as judge, defense lawyer, and jury for accusations against NHK by being able to publish their defense on their own channel ?  I have no idea what they are talking about but I assume it is something like that.

In the end 2019 was their year and not 2021.  There is always a novelty factor for new parties coming onto the national scene.  2010 was the year of YP (they first ran in 2009 but DPJ stole the show there.)  HRP also did well in 2009 as it was their debut.  CDP's way overperformed in 2017 as the novel party.  2009 was PNHK's turn to be the novel party.  Same is true for RS in 2019 where they benefited from novelty factor.   2021 whatever protest vote PNHK got in 2019 will have mostly dissipated.  It is not clear who, if any, will be the novelty party.
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« Reply #453 on: July 22, 2021, 07:26:53 AM »

For 横浜市(Yokohama) mayor race the local KP is calling for a free vote for KP supporters.   The number of candidates is up to 10.  Some doctor also jumped into the race.
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« Reply #454 on: July 22, 2021, 12:03:02 PM »

https://www.axios.com/tokyo-olympics-swimming-venue-toilet-smell-2e7b264c-9cfd-45c4-9b01-92297ddf0e2c.html

"Tokyo Olympics' outdoor swimming venue smells "like a toilet""

This is from a few days ago but the Indian media is making a big deal about it.  It seems that the water in outdoor swimming events will smell "like a toilet" but it safe to swing in.

Reminds me of how the new Premier smokeless cigarette were being described in "Barbarians at the Gate" : "Tastes like sh**t and smells like a fart! Got ourselves a real winner here, it's one goddamn unique advertising slogan I'll give you that."
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« Reply #455 on: July 25, 2021, 08:31:18 AM »

Abe cabinet approval/disapproval slowing moving downward toward 30%.  Suga has to hope for a breakout Olympic medal performance for Japan.
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« Reply #456 on: July 27, 2021, 05:07:47 PM »

KP set a goal of winning 8 million votes on the PR section in the upcoming Lower House elections. 



This is very unlikely to take place. 

A look at the KP PR vote since 2001 and that year's turnout

           KP vote      turnout
2001   8,187,805    54.03%
2003   8,733,444    57.77%
2004   8,621,266    54.52%
2005   8,987,620    65.85%
2007   7,765,329    56.81%
2009   8,054,007    67.70%
2010   7,639,433    56.19%
2012   7,116,474    57.89%
2013   7,568,085    51.11%
2014   7,314,236    51.30%
2016   7,572,959    52.74%
2017   6,977,712    52.56%
2019   6,536,337    47.29%

For KP to get to 8 million KP has to have a good election AND turnout be a least 57% and usually these two things are mutually exclusive (KP vote share falls as turnout rises.)  A more likely path would be KP has an OK year with turnout around 60%.  KP might know something rest of us does not know for turnout to surge to that sort of level.
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« Reply #457 on: July 28, 2021, 06:11:24 AM »

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14405073

"Tokyo’s neighbors seek COVID-19 state of emergency"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) are all asking for a state of emergency just like Tokyo.

The medal situation for Japan in the Olympics are so far so good but the COVID-19 spread is picking up.  Still net net negative for Suga.  He has to hope the current surge subsides by end of Aug leaving only memories of a good metal haul in the minds of the voter come fall.
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« Reply #458 on: July 28, 2021, 02:47:31 PM »

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14405073

"Tokyo’s neighbors seek COVID-19 state of emergency"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) are all asking for a state of emergency just like Tokyo.

The medal situation for Japan in the Olympics are so far so good but the COVID-19 spread is picking up.  Still net net negative for Suga.  He has to hope the current surge subsides by end of Aug leaving only memories of a good metal haul in the minds of the voter come fall.

Which of course entails hoping people will have a longer memory about the Olympics than about the COVID spread in the first place--itself not a given!
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« Reply #459 on: July 30, 2021, 05:23:27 AM »

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/japan-expands-virus-emergency-record-spikes-amid-games/507-fccd2dd2-893b-47b8-a1de-e9688609f3cc

"Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) plus 大阪(Osaka) are all under the state of emergency due to COVID-19 spike.  Officials say this surge is not related to Olympics but the optics are not good.
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« Reply #460 on: July 30, 2021, 05:46:37 AM »

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/japan-expands-virus-emergency-record-spikes-amid-games/507-fccd2dd2-893b-47b8-a1de-e9688609f3cc

"Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) plus 大阪(Osaka) are all under the state of emergency due to COVID-19 spike.  Officials say this surge is not related to Olympics but the optics are not good.


Hopefully some government, somewhere, indicts the leadership at the IOC for refusing to cancel the games during this pandemic.
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« Reply #461 on: July 30, 2021, 08:42:00 AM »

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/japan-expands-virus-emergency-record-spikes-amid-games/507-fccd2dd2-893b-47b8-a1de-e9688609f3cc

"Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) plus 大阪(Osaka) are all under the state of emergency due to COVID-19 spike.  Officials say this surge is not related to Olympics but the optics are not good.


Hopefully some government, somewhere, indicts the leadership at the IOC for refusing to cancel the games during this pandemic.

Suga having no spine is not the fault of the IOC.
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« Reply #462 on: July 30, 2021, 08:58:35 AM »

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/japan-expands-virus-emergency-record-spikes-amid-games/507-fccd2dd2-893b-47b8-a1de-e9688609f3cc

"Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games"

The 3 urbanized Tokyo suburbs of 埼玉(Saitama), 千葉(Chiba), 神奈川(Kanagawa) plus 大阪(Osaka) are all under the state of emergency due to COVID-19 spike.  Officials say this surge is not related to Olympics but the optics are not good.


Hopefully some government, somewhere, indicts the leadership at the IOC for refusing to cancel the games during this pandemic.

Suga having no spine is not the fault of the IOC.

He has no choice.  He is like a gambler that lost so much money that he has to stay in the casino to try to clam back some of the lost money.  So far the this last bet is most likely a tiny loss and not a massive one despite the COVID-19 surge.  Japanese social media has become more positive on the Olympics after it actually started.  Part of it is just acceptance and hoping to make the best of it.
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« Reply #463 on: July 30, 2021, 10:19:07 AM »

Something of a contrast here with the recent Euro 2020 football event, there is little doubt it led to a spike in virus cases and infections but the general consensus still seems to be that it was worth it.
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« Reply #464 on: August 01, 2021, 06:07:39 AM »

仙台市(Sendai) mayor exit poll

Anti-LDP incumbent massive landslide (something like 87-13) over pro-LDP challenger (ex-MP but she won in 2012 on a fluke and is really a lightweight as this result shows.)

The scale of defeat is an embarrassment to LDP
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« Reply #465 on: August 01, 2021, 07:31:25 AM »

So how is the issue of the line to throne needing more people issues problem going? They going to considering allowing female be empress once more?
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« Reply #466 on: August 01, 2021, 08:23:11 AM »

So how is the issue of the line to throne needing more people issues problem going? They going to considering allowing female be empress once more?

I do not expect any changes.  In theory a large majority of the population are for allowing a female empress but at the elite level only the JCP leadership is for such a change.
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« Reply #467 on: August 01, 2021, 09:45:01 AM »

仙台市(Sendai) mayor election (92% of the vote in)

Anti-LDP Opposition incumbent   84.5%
pro-LDP                                    15.5%

Slightly better for pro-LDP candidate than exit polls indicated.  Even though the LDP-KP did not endorse anyone the fact that the pro-LDP candidate was a LDP MP makes it clear the alignment.  This type of result is more like a pro-LDP incumbent (with de facto support from Center-Left Opposition) vs JCP only this time the pro-LDP candidate is on the receiving end of the landslide.
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« Reply #468 on: August 04, 2021, 07:55:58 AM »

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-covid-19-infections-have-entered-new-phase-says-health-minister-2021-08-04/

"Japan warns of unprecedented COVID spread as cases hit record in Olympic host city"

Things not moving in Suga's direction.
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« Reply #469 on: August 04, 2021, 11:38:38 AM »

Right wing magazine 週刊文春(Shūkan Bunshun) came out with their projection of Lower House elections.

https://bunshun.jp/denshiban/articles/b1462

 Their exact projection is behind a paywall but based on what I read about it they seems to have something like

LDP                  230
KP                     32
DPP                   15
CDP                 120
RS                      5
SDP                    1
JCP                   19
Ind.                  10 (3 pro-LDP, 2 pro-CDP, 5 pro-DPP)

which would mean LDP and CDP underperforming while DPP JRP JCP and RS outperforming.  LDP loses majority but LDP-KP should easily form the government.  Suga will have to go in such a scenerio.
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« Reply #470 on: August 04, 2021, 02:15:36 PM »

Right wing magazine 週刊文春(Shūkan Bunshun) came out with their projection of Lower House elections.

https://bunshun.jp/denshiban/articles/b1462

 Their exact projection is behind a paywall but based on what I read about it they seems to have something like

LDP                  230
KP                     32
DPP                   15
CDP                 120
RS                      5
SDP                    1
JCP                   19
Ind.                  10 (3 pro-LDP, 2 pro-CDP, 5 pro-DPP)

which would mean LDP and CDP underperforming while DPP JRP JCP and RS outperforming.  LDP loses majority but LDP-KP should easily form the government.  Suga will have to go in such a scenerio.
There are ways to bypass a paywall. Easiest is by reading it from an archive site.
https://archive.ph/kYeu0
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« Reply #471 on: August 04, 2021, 02:29:23 PM »

Right wing magazine 週刊文春(Shūkan Bunshun) came out with their projection of Lower House elections.

https://bunshun.jp/denshiban/articles/b1462

 Their exact projection is behind a paywall but based on what I read about it they seems to have something like

LDP                  230
KP                     32
DPP                   15
CDP                 120
RS                      5
SDP                    1
JCP                   19
Ind.                  10 (3 pro-LDP, 2 pro-CDP, 5 pro-DPP)

which would mean LDP and CDP underperforming while DPP JRP JCP and RS outperforming.  LDP loses majority but LDP-KP should easily form the government.  Suga will have to go in such a scenerio.
There are ways to bypass a paywall. Easiest is by reading it from an archive site.
https://archive.ph/kYeu0

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« Reply #472 on: August 04, 2021, 06:41:13 PM »

So the  週刊文春(Shūkan Bunshun) projection are

           District      PR        Total
LDP       164         66         230
KP            7         23          30
JRP         12         20          32
DPP          6          9           15
CDP        90         35        125
RS           0           5            5
JCP          1          17         18
Ind          8                                  (4 pro-LDP, 2 pro-CDP, 2 pro-DPP)

So as long as the LDP retroactively nominates the 4 LDP rebels or pro-LDP independents  (3 LDP rebels and 1 pro-LDP independent) LDP at 234 will barely capture majority.

District seat count seems about where CW would have it but for the PR it has JRP DPP and RS outperforming at the expense of CDP which comes in at a disappointing 125 seats  (I would expect CDP to set a target of 140 seats or something like that.)

Note that at this stage of the election cycle you would expect media outlets to underestimate LDP to sell more magazines since no one wants to buy a newspaper or magazine with a boring LDP landslide.  So at this stage this projection would form some sort of floor for LDP performance.
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« Reply #473 on: August 05, 2021, 04:04:20 AM »

https://morningconsult.com/form/global-leader-approval/

Suga at a jaw-droppingly bad 26% approval and 63% disapproval in MorningConsult. Looks like the Olympics aren't giving that much of a boost to him. I'll get the popcorn ready for the LDP leadership this September!
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« Reply #474 on: August 05, 2021, 05:24:03 PM »

https://morningconsult.com/form/global-leader-approval/

Suga at a jaw-droppingly bad 26% approval and 63% disapproval in MorningConsult. Looks like the Olympics aren't giving that much of a boost to him. I'll get the popcorn ready for the LDP leadership this September!

There is a difference between Suga PM approval and Suga cabinet approval.  Suga cabinet approval is mostly in the 30s which is better than 26%.  Also Japan is not a Presidential system with the local LDP branches having a lot of sway over candidate choice and mobilization of the LDP base.  A poor cabinet approval usually does mean defeat but there are examples of poor cabinet approval squeaking by.    In 2000 LDP PM Mori was very unpopular and there was an expectation that he would lead LDP into defeat in the 2000 elections.  Instead he lead the LDP-KP-NCP alliance to a narrow majority where the DPJ LP and JCP split the anti-LDP vote in enough seats for LDP bloc to win a narrow majority.  Suga at this stage has to target a repeat of 2000 as his minimum baseline.
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