Japan placed 66th in the 2025 press freedom rankings announced by Reporters Without Borders on Friday, the lowest among the Group of Seven major countries.
Japan placed 66th in the 2025 press freedom rankings announced by Reporters Without Borders on Friday, the lowest among the Group of Seven major countries.
Japan being a democracy is somewhat debatable. The LDP is so entrenched that the people really have very little say in what happens. All discussion is within the party. The party is the ruling class.
At this point I’m jealous even of non-Democracies with somewhat competent leadership
In the last election, the LDP lost 68 seats for a total of 191 seats where 233 seats are needed for a majority, meaning it at least needs to make a coalition.
The CDP, which is described as center-left gained 52 seats for a total of 148 seats, and is the second largest party.
Yes, it was a big shift relative to what they’re used to, but the fact that even then the LDP is still the largest party must have been soul crushing for some.
And then we shocked-Pikachuface when china, japan, and south korea start working more closely on trade