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Abe Ratings Crash To Record Lows, Japan Lowers Minimum Voting Age
The Abe Cabinet's approval rating plunged to 39%, matching a record low, as more than half of voters oppose the new US-sanctioned military/security legislation being debated in the Diet. The last time Shinzo Abe's approval ratings were this low, he called for a snap election and told Kuroda to unleash QQE2.0 which has only squeezed real wages to even record-er lows (24th month in a row of declines), destroyed-er elderly Japanese savings, and crushed-er the middle-class. As his popularity has waned, Abe has become more and more desperate to keep support and has, for the first time in 70- years, lower the minimum voting age from 21 to 18 (adding 2.4 million new voters who have not been demoralized yet by declining pension benefits and quality of life).
And he is losing the support of the voters...
The sharp decline in support was conspicuous among women, with the rate falling to 34 percent from 42 percent in the previous survey and the nonsupport rate rising to 37 percent from 31 percent.
It was the first time since the Nov. 29-30 survey for the nonsupport rate to exceed the support rate among women.
This should come as a no surprise since the quality of life is collapsing...
But this was not just about quality of life, the growing disillusionment with Abe and his policies is also focused on his newly US-enthused military actions...
The overall decline in support was apparently attributable to the fact that 53 percent of the respondents oppose the security bills being deliberated in the Lower House. Only 29 percent support the legislation, the survey showed.
Three constitutional law scholars said in the Lower House Commission on the Constitution on June 4 that the security legislation is unconstitutional. The Abe Cabinet countered their stance by releasing an opinion paper that said the bills do not violate the Constitution.
Fifty percent of the respondents agree with the three scholars while only 17 percent support the view of the Cabinet.
The security legislation would expand the overseas role of the Self-Defense Forces and could include the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, which Japan had banned before the Abe Cabinet changed the government interpretation of the pacifist Constitution.
Abe has said that he will explain the legislation and the need for the shift in security policy in a comprehensive manner.
However, 69 percent of the respondents said the prime minister’s explanations to the public have not been comprehensive, compared with 12 percent who answered that they are.
Sixty-five percent of the respondents said it is not necessary to pass the security legislation during the current Diet session, up 5 percentage points from the previous survey. Only 17 percent replied that passage of the bills is needed in the current session, down from 23 percent.
So what does he do... lower the minimum voting age from 21 to 18...
- *JAPAN LOWERS VOTING AGE TO 18 IN FIRST CHANGE FOR 70 YEARS
Politicians have long courted older voters with generous pension benefits, ballooning the national debt as Japan rapidly ages. Younger voters have stayed away from the polls in recent years. Less than 33% of those in their 20s exercised their right to vote in last year’s general election in December. In contrast, voter turnout for those in their 60s and over 70 were 68% and 60%, respectively.
In a populist act hoping to encourage younger more activist voters (who started with no wealth and are more pro-military aggression) to save him from another bout of explosive crippling diarrhea.
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Just how much more can the aging Japanese population take? Or was war the ultimate Keynesian endgame all along - physical war that is... not the currency war that is crushing them currently.
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Does anybody really believe that allowing a few 18 year old Japanese virgins vote is going to change anything?
Abe lowers minimum wage for voting. LOL.
That is not going to help him. Those activist youth have few opportunities and a bleak future.
They don't want the US troops there.
They aren't keen on nuclear power.
They do not want to go to war.
They pretty much don't like anything Abe promotes.
i seriously doubt anyone in japan gives a frying fuck
but his popularity among likely voting blow up fuck dolls is at an all time high
I was watching NHK news tonight (Japanese English language broadcast) and they were talking about how investment advisors say now is the time to buy because the NiKKEI is doing so well.
All time highs, not since 1996, and they showed a chart: 1996, 2001 before the crash, and 2008 before the crash.
Sure, now is the time to buy. Lowering the voting age will solve everything. Watch 'em elect Kuroda next.
A little shove and whispers of support from the neocons are all it's going to take for Abe to start another war in the East. Almost all of the statutory barriers to warfare have been removed, they are way beyond bankrupt and their propagandists have been hard at work for years in preparation to spin and subvert their filthy past from WWII to start another conflict with their neighbours.
Difficult to express my disgust at this piece of shit Abe for what he has done to his own people - from the handling of Fukushima and worshipping of war criminals to the bloody farcical mess of the Japanese economy. I dare say it would take a lot to sway the average Japanese from being culturally subservient to authority, so this trend in losing popularity must be significant.
If this bastard starts a war with the Russians or the Chinese, he will find absolutely no allies in the region. A recent poll suggests that 57% of South Koreans believed Japan was not just a threat, but a “militaristic state". It is not far-fetched to imagine that the South Koreans and probably the Norks would relish the opportunity to seek vengeance for the suffering of their grandparents at the hands of the Japanese.
Europe is already being groomed as the next battleground for the Pentagon's toys and if/when war does start with Russia, there will be the Baltic states, where so many NATO military exercises have take place, for the pincer move, simultaneously with Japan attacking in the East. If I were Putin, I'd be making sure his flank was covered by China and S.Korea - it shouldn't be too hard.
Your PLA is showing
That's a first. The confederate flag isn't going to hide your star of david, nor your previous warmongering ziopathic posts. Funny how you always pop up when the neocons or Israel are in need of support.
Bait and switch much? Japan has loaned and given both SKorea and China lots of cash in the past. Stop reading Korean and Chinese tabloids.
For the first time in 70 years? So the last time they resorted to that was... a few weeks before the a-bombs and the capitulation?
Voting age now 6 months.
Baby: Gurgle Gurgle Waaa Whaa Weeee!
Father: Honey, I think he is saying he wants to vote a straight democratic ticket.
Mother: Well, he might have just pooped his pants and we have to clean it up.
Father: Yep, He's a Demo alright.
Voting age to be as low as being able to say A
Just wonder if they get fluoride in the Water... Eh, not so much.
Japan
Less than 1% of Japan practices water fluoridation.[29]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country
This is very strange form of Quantitative easing. Can he lower the voting age in the Negative Voting Age Ploicy... If he could invent the technology to seek votes from the children and unborn Abenomics will succeed.
http://just-a-thought-from-thinair.blogspot.com/
But, what happens to the tenth and why?
Abe stole the election via fraud, with the help of US / CIA and compromised voting machines. The guy is technically a criminal.
what an idiot
after collapse of ussr and rise of china as cheap labour, there is no way japan can turn back to the point where it was
its was all artificial anyway nothing else but a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig bubble since 1975
like israel, japans economy is completely arranged
i dont know how they survived last 25 yaers by only printing endless money
the actual problem could be fixed with a war in pacific region and a new establishment of an order in asia
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I am truly devastated from this mistrust of Japan people. Surely engaging younger people to participate shall help like Volkssturm in 1945 to prevent the Reich from collapsing.
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