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I thought this analysis of the ruling was interesting: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2019/02/06/issues/supreme-court-hews-letter-law-gender-identity-laying-groundwork-future-challenges/
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quote:As usually happens in constitutional litigation in Japan, the dispositive result in the case was predictable: The person challenging the government loses. Yet this case is an interesting example of the court making constitutional law — or trying to at least — just on a different time scale than in other countries. Rather than the historic, dramatic changes sometimes wrought by the Supreme Court of the United States and which can seem like volcanic eruptions that suddenly change the topography, Japan’s court moves in geological time, laying down sediment that can gradually come to change the flow of social and political forces. Langley Esquire just posted a video which goes into detail about Japan's supreme court and specifically some of the causes for the quote above I pulled from the Japan Times article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRQ-VCVGlV4 Thought others here might find it interesting as it adds some more context to this recent decision. It also gives some good reasons for Japan's judiciary being messed up on the whole (ex. being a ministry of law instead of a ministry of justice).
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That video seems a little bit harsh in some ways. Regardless of what the constitution says, as a practical matter the supreme court can't suddenly invalidate elections because of the disparity in the power of votes or find the JSDF unconstitutional because it would destroy the country.
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Feb 16, 2019 03:33
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Regarding wealth inequality in Japan its absolutely skyrocketing and the official numbers are off based at least on the math my work goes off of for the bysiness we work on.
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Barudak posted:Regarding wealth inequality in Japan its absolutely skyrocketing and the official numbers are off based at least on the math my work goes off of for the bysiness we work on.
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https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1096801382479187968
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Feb 16, 2019 18:49
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Great news and av combo.
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Feb 16, 2019 19:21
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What impact is that expected to have on the day to day of the Ainu?
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Graphic posted:This and the fact that Japan has the most equal distribution of wealth in the world. And also the highest estate tax in the world. This poo poo is really perplexing, how it coexists with the popular image of salarymen working themselves to death, something most people would assume is a byproduct of a laissez-faire capitalist system Based on these sources average hours seem to be only slightly higher in Japan than the US if that (though much worse than Europe) https://apjjf.org/2017/23/Kojima.html quote:Surveys of Japanese full-time workers consistently report unpaid overtime averaging about 240 hours a year (Morioka 2013). On top of this number  Looks to be about 2300-2400 hours/year For the US https://news.gallup.com/poll/175286/hour-workweek-actually-longer-seven-hours.aspx quote:PRINCETON, NJ -- Adults employed full time in the U.S. report working an average of 47 hours per week, almost a full workday longer than what a standard five-day, 9-to-5 schedule entails. In fact, half of all full-time workers indicate they typically work more than 40 hours, and nearly four in 10 say they work at least 50 hours. With 2 weeks vacation that is 50 times 47 = 2350 Finally https://www.tokyoreview.net/2017/10/japan-numbers-karoshi-overwork/  30% vs ~22% for men is not nothing, but it doesn't really support the framing of Japan as the permanently, irremediably alien, backwards, benighted Other vis-a-vis Anglo-America icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Feb 17, 2019 |
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captkirk posted:What impact is that expected to have on the day to day of the Ainu? They have their rights as the indigenous people of Japan enshrined as according to the UN declaration on the matter They can choose to be a self-governing collective Their right to be protected from discrimination now has to be enshrined in law and their culture now has to be protected The state has to ensure, if the Ainu choose to do so, that their culture, language, traditions, etc., are revitalised, developed and transmitted to future generations (this can be something like TV broadcasts in their native language like TV broadcasts in Cymru in Wales, or Te Reo Maori in New Zealand) The state is obliged to allow Ainu children to be enrolled in schools and educated - including in their own language Ainu can establish Ainu-language media, and state-owned media must reflect the indigenous perspective. Privately owned media must be encouraged to follow suit Ainu have the right to participate in the political process in their terms in matters that relate to, or affect, them through representatives of their choice, selected on their terms, and maintain their own form of governance Any legislation that affects them must happen after consultation and negotiation that happens in good faith from the state If so desired, Ainu can seek to improve their living conditions, and the state has to take measures to assist them Indigenous women and children, as well as those with special needs, are prioritised for protection Ainu will have the right to be involved with matters relating to their healthcare, including on the terms of their customs and traditions. Ainu have the right to the best public healthcare available, and the state is obliged to ensure it is provided when needed Any land that Ainu currently own that has been traditionally theirs is legally theirs in their terms - with legal recognition and protection as appropriate Ainu can seek redress for any land that they have lost via confiscation, taken, occupied, used or damaged without their consent, and can seek appropriate compensation (return of land, offer of alternative land, or financial compensation) Any resources on said land are under the jurisdiction of Ainu, and any outsiders who use that land for waste disposal are open to legal action, and the state is obliged to ensure they receive adequate care for any issues caused by such a scenario There is to be no use of their land for military purposes, unless it is in the public interest, or with the permission/invite from the Ainu. The state is required to ensure any attempt to do so without fulfilling those requirements doesn't happen How they use their land is entirely up to the Ainu, and no one else So lots of big things, lots of little things.
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Vagabundo posted:They have their rights as the indigenous people of Japan enshrined as according to the UN declaration on the matter That certainly explains why people dragged their feet on this.
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Cool to see the LDP government getting positive coverage in TeleSUR of all outlets though. Maybe one day in the New York Times and the Guardian too
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Feb 17, 2019 04:24
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Vagabundo posted:They have their rights as the indigenous people of Japan enshrined as according to the UN declaration on the matter oh wow i didn't realize how big of a deal the recognition is
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But ultimately that’s also dependent on Japan actually either following through or giving into pressure to follow through (if anyone even tries to apply that pressure) which could take a long drat time. Are there any native speakers of Ainu left? I recall years ago reading there were only a handful of natives left and kind of presume they’re gone now.
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Feb 17, 2019 11:35
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I am confused both by LDP doing this, and by TelSUR covering it. Is it being folded into some sort of nationalist volk narrative?
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Feb 17, 2019 16:14
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Japan is a volkist state, hth.
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Speak of the devil. Japanese prosecutors are woke now because they have accepted the gospel of corporate diversity feminism according to NYT bureau chief In all seriousness though, that’s much higher than I would have expected? Maybe the system ... works?  At least in terms of employment, not in finding people innocent or guiltyhttps://mobile.twitter.com/motokorich/status/1097260236107173888 quote:Women increase presence, roles in prosecutors offices icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Feb 18, 2019 |
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Feb 18, 2019 02:16
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Japan being stuck in the 1950s when it comes to women in the workforce and positions of power is what disturbs me the most about the country. Hopefully this is a sign that things are changing.
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Feb 18, 2019 03:19
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Kamala Harris has taught me that all prosecutors are still cops anyway.
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Japanese prosecutors in particular are extra coppy
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Does anybody know if average Japanese people care a lot about the royal family and the Emperor? Seems to me I've always heard that they do, at least as much as Brits care about the Queen. But I honestly have no, like, source for this. No polls or surveys or whatever.
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NikkolasKing posted:Does anybody know if average Japanese people care a lot about the royal family and the Emperor? I think there’s enough reverence, but it’s hardly going to be as visible as all the love for the Queen (or, the other example that easily comes to mind — the previous King of Thailand). Hopefully germane anecdote: heard that during the long vacation when the current emperor started the Heisei period in 1988, the local video rental stores ran out of tapes to rent. People wanted something to watch that wasn’t wall-to-wall royal coverage.
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I remember lurking on a forum of expats living in Japan and one of their memes was how you HAVE to love and respect the emperor in the country. Not sure how accurate that is though.
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I don’t think I’ve had a conversation with someone outside of my wife about the emperor in the 5 years I’ve lived in Japan. Either way it’s cool as hell that partially due to the coronation day Golden Week is like 8 continuous days this year.
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Dr.Radical posted:I don’t think I’ve had a conversation with someone outside of my wife about the emperor in the 5 years I’ve lived in Japan. Either way it’s cool as hell that partially due to the coronation day Golden Week is like 8 continuous days this year. 10. 10!! No wonder every flight out of Japan that week is marked up like 250%.
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harperdc posted:10. 10!! No wonder every flight out of Japan that week is marked up like 250%. Yeah, I was thinking of going to Beijing until I saw those prices. It's pretty crazy locally, too; I made some hotel arrangements last month and even then, in a fairly minor tourist spot, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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The imperial family are just like any other celebrities; they have their die-hard fans, and then the rest are divided between people who will take an interest when they show up in the news but otherwise don’t really care and people who just don’t care at all.
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The guys driving around in black vans, shouting nonsense on their speakers, appear to be really big fans of the imperial family.
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How much is simple fear of the far-right a factor? It has to be a huge part of it, right? I recently read this book which is great, everyone here should read it https://www.amazon.com/Japan-Crossroads-Conflict-Compromise-after-ebook/dp/B07DGLB15T One thing that sticks out to me is the degree of far-right terrorist violence that was normal in the 1960s, matching the left-wing protest radicalism. Not just the Socialist guy who was assassinated but lots of other people. Kishi himself got stabbed by an uyoku guy for being a traitor selling out Japan to the USA at the height of the Anpo riots. Reischauer got stabbed by an uyoku while ambassador and died decades later from hepatitis he contracted. Mishima was convinced he was going to be murdered in the early 60s for his saying that a novel which satirized the Emperor was acceptable on grounds of artistic merit (or even just being friends with the author? I'd have to check in the book again), and the publisher of that book was also stabbed and the company threatened with bombing even after recalling it and apologizing. The leader of the Komeito was stabbed in like 1970 for being too friendly towards Communist China. At Sato's funeral in 1975 Miki Takeo, the Prime Minister, was assaulted and knocked to the ground by an uyoku https://www.stripes.com/news/miki-knocked-down-by-attacker-at-sato-rites-1.20995 quote:A spokesman said he told investigators he attacked Miki because of the prime minister's support of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He carried a hunting knife with a five-inch-long blade and a letter urging Miki to commit suicide. Even into the 1980s stuff like the (LDP) mayor of Nagasaki being shot for saying Hirohito may have in fact not have had clean hands in WW2 It seems to not be a thing anymore, replaced by just sound trucks and screaming on twitter, but it doesn't seem unreasonable to not talk about or mention the existence of the emperor ever if you're a Japanese person icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Mar 5, 2019 |
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ocrumsprug posted:The guys driving around in black vans, shouting nonsense on their speakers, appear to be really big fans of the imperial family. The ironic thing is that those guys are right, having the (current or next) emperor in charge would be awesome for Japan, just not for the reason they think. “Shogi player Kunio Yonenaga, a member of the Tokyo municipal government’s educational committee at the time, proudly told the Emperor that it was his job to make sure all public schools sing the national anthem and raise the flag. The Emperor responded — and everyone heard it clearly — that he hoped Yonenaga wasn’t forcing them to do it.”
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Does the Japanese government do primaries for their elections like in America?
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punk rebel ecks posted:Does the Japanese government do primaries for their elections like in America? It's a parliamentary system so the parties can choose candidates and the prime minister however they like as long as they've elected MPs, there's no constitutional requirement for primaries. The LDP has had primary elections for party president/prime minister open to lay members since the 70s, and they just had one a few months ago. As for how rank and file parliamentary candidates get selected it's sort of murky and largely controlled by local party chapters/machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)_leadership_election
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icantfindaname posted:It's a parliamentary system so the parties can choose candidates and the prime minister however they like as long as they've elected MPs, there's no constitutional requirement for primaries. The LDP has had primary elections for party president/prime minister open to lay members since the 70s, and they just had one a few months ago. As for how rank and file parliamentary candidates get selected it's sort of murky and largely controlled by local party chapters/machines It is weird to me how Japan is a democracy then. It seems that LDP has ruled Japan forever, sans one term, yet the country has free and fair elections. Why don't people elect a different party once in a while like everywhere else?
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punk rebel ecks posted:It is weird to me how Japan is a democracy then. It seems that LDP has ruled Japan forever, sans one term, yet the country has free and fair elections. Why don't people elect a different party once in a while like everywhere else?
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punk rebel ecks posted:It is weird to me how Japan is a democracy then. It seems that LDP has ruled Japan forever, sans one term, yet the country has free and fair elections. Why don't people elect a different party once in a while like everywhere else? I've never met a Japanese person who could answer this question, so good luck.
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punk rebel ecks posted:It is weird to me how Japan is a democracy then. It seems that LDP has ruled Japan forever, sans one term, yet the country has free and fair elections. Why don't people elect a different party once in a while like everywhere else? Merkel's party in Germany has won all but 2 elections since the early 80s. The LDP has won all but 2 elections since the early 80s. Nobody has ever called Germany a fake democracy as far as I'm aware. Sweden and Canada have also been run by single parties most of the 20th Century and beyond, and liberals sure like those places a lot. Here in America the Democratic Party controlled the House for all but 4 years from 1932 to 1994. Regular, balanced 2 party rotation is actually not that common a thing in the first world, and the places where it has been a thing have not really been unqualified successes to say the least, see Britain, America since the 1980s, France icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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Mar 6, 2019 09:21
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icantfindaname posted:The LDP has won all but 2 elections since 1958.
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Stringent posted:I've never met a Japanese person who could answer this question, so good luck. I remember getting taught that LDP stays in power mainly due to their size and that the real election battle is fought between the cliques inside LDP. The whole party is so huge that it's more of voting who is the dominant clique inside the party.
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Adaptabullshit posted:I remember getting taught that LDP stays in power mainly due to their size and that the real election battle is fought between the cliques inside LDP. The whole party is so huge that it's more of voting who is the dominant clique inside the party. Factions haven't been meaningful for 20 or 30 years. The last PM not from Abe's faction (technically Aso isn't but he's Aso) was Obuchi who died of a stroke in office in 2000. People thought that Abe might be unseated by other factions last year and he wasn't
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Stringent posted:I've never met a Japanese person who could answer this question, so good luck. - The other side is worse - All the other side does is complain and don't offer any solutions - The communist party are crazy/terrorists I'm somewhat involved with my local JCP and we're starting to see some changes with younger people but the apathy and nihilism is overwhelming at times.
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