From what I can tell is that japanese baseline is quite conservative so all parties are quite different from what we would have under the same name in the west. Though, they are definitely not left like the name would imply.
For example, LDP is known for it’s “Japan, Inc.” policy which advocates for close ties between the government and business. LDP also supports for “traditional family values and social order” which in all fairness is a must for every major party in Japan.
In the west we’d probably refer them as centrists or slightly-right of center.
Komeito on the other hand is a much more intersting party which is a Buddhist pacifist party with conservative but socialist ideologies. TBH I fail to find a western equivelent reading through their wiki but as someone who spent some time in Japan as a foreigner their policy against kafka-esque beraucracy in Japan make me like them them at least a little bit.
Komeito on the surface look like Christian Democrats. Who would emphasise their welfare aspect more in Europe, too, if they weren’t also the ones completely captured by business interest and they didn’t have actual lefties to contend with.
…in fact, the LDP also looks like Christian Democrats, but nationalist wing. I suppose they do also have folks who are plenty religious but not enough for Komeito.
CDP looks interesting, their socdems and soclibs actually merged? Someone realised that petite bourgeois aren’t the actual class enemy?
For example, LDP is known for it’s “Japan, Inc.” policy which advocates for close ties between the government and business. LDP also supports for “traditional family values and social order” which in all fairness is a must for every major party in Japan.
Well, one of their founders and early PMs (and the grandfather of the ex-PM and recent assassination victim, Shinzo Abe) was one of the guys who ran Manchukuo (Manchuria under Japanese occupation in the run up to WWII). With these guys, you always have to wonder how much of the ‘rehabilitation’ took.
From what I can tell is that japanese baseline is quite conservative so all parties are quite different from what we would have under the same name in the west. Though, they are definitely not left like the name would imply.
For example, LDP is known for it’s “Japan, Inc.” policy which advocates for close ties between the government and business. LDP also supports for “traditional family values and social order” which in all fairness is a must for every major party in Japan.
In the west we’d probably refer them as centrists or slightly-right of center.
Komeito on the other hand is a much more intersting party which is a Buddhist pacifist party with conservative but socialist ideologies. TBH I fail to find a western equivelent reading through their wiki but as someone who spent some time in Japan as a foreigner their policy against kafka-esque beraucracy in Japan make me like them them at least a little bit.
Not just Buddhist but a sect generally considered a cult.
cult, sect, religion — all the same thing in practical reality tbh
Komeito on the surface look like Christian Democrats. Who would emphasise their welfare aspect more in Europe, too, if they weren’t also the ones completely captured by business interest and they didn’t have actual lefties to contend with.
…in fact, the LDP also looks like Christian Democrats, but nationalist wing. I suppose they do also have folks who are plenty religious but not enough for Komeito.
CDP looks interesting, their socdems and soclibs actually merged? Someone realised that petite bourgeois aren’t the actual class enemy?
That… sounds super 1930s fascism.
Well, one of their founders and early PMs (and the grandfather of the ex-PM and recent assassination victim, Shinzo Abe) was one of the guys who ran Manchukuo (Manchuria under Japanese occupation in the run up to WWII). With these guys, you always have to wonder how much of the ‘rehabilitation’ took.