{"id":28298,"date":"2012-12-21T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=28298"},"modified":"2012-12-21T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T14:05:48","slug":"good-analysis-of-the-ldp-return-to-power-from-the-monkey-cage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/21\/good-analysis-of-the-ldp-return-to-power-from-the-monkey-cage\/","title":{"rendered":"Good analysis of the LDP return to power from The Monkey Cage"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post from The Monkey Cage <\/strong><\/a>by political\u00a0science\u00a0professor\u00a0Joshua Tucker<\/a>\u00a0citing\u00a0Christina Davis<\/a>\u00a0is the most in-depth and current piece I’ve seen explaining what the LDP re-election is really all about and putting Japan’s current situation in perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n

2012 Japan Post-Election Report: They Are Back! The Return of the LDP and What it Means for Japan and the World<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some excerpts:<\/p>\n

Despite electoral victory, the\u00a0LDP\u00a0did not receive a strong mandate. In a post-election poll conducted by the\u00a0Asahi Shimbun<\/em><\/a>, respondents asked to explain the\u00a0LDP\u00a0victory cited \u201cdisappointment of the\u00a0DPJ\u00a0government\u201d (81 percent) rather than \u201csupport for the\u00a0LDP\u2019s policies\u201d (7 percent).<\/p>\n

…….<\/p>\n

In what could be seen as a profile in courage or political suicide, Prime Minister Noda made a deal with the\u00a0LDP\u00a0in August that in exchange for their support to pass an unpopular tax increase, he would agree to call for an early election.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0DPJ\u2019s ability to allocate pork barrel policies as the incumbent party made it hard for the\u00a0LDP\u00a0to differentiate itself on bread and butter issues, and it instead had to rely on nationalism to mobilize a new policy frame.<\/p>\n

……..<\/p>\n

Going forward, it is probable that the\u00a0LDP\u00a0will deliver what Noda could not and bring Japan into the\u00a0TPP\u00a0negotiations. \u00a0Despite the party\u2019s tepid stance toward the trade talks during the election, in order to deliver on its promise to revitalize the economy the party cannot only cater to rural interests in protection.<\/p>\n

……..<\/p>\n

China has viewed the election with alarm<\/a>\u00a0as sign of movement toward resurgent nationalism and anti-China sentiment in Japan. This fear is misplaced given that the electoral politics reflected rejection of\u00a0DPJ\u00a0more than endorsement of\u00a0LDP……\u00a0Chinese leaders are equally committed to economic growth and must recognize that efforts to coerce Japan through economic policies may backfire as did the embargo on rare earth mineral exports imposed in October 2010. The key will be to avoid misunderstandings and accidents through clear diplomacy on both sides to assure that posturing for domestic audiences does not aggravate relations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to read the full article.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This post from The Monkey Cage by political\u00a0science\u00a0professor\u00a0Joshua Tucker\u00a0citing\u00a0Christina Davis\u00a0is the most in-depth and current piece I’ve seen explaining what the LDP re-election is really all about and putting Japan’s current situation in perspective. 2012 Japan Post-Election Report: They Are Back! The Return of the LDP and What it Means for Japan and the World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic","category-japan-trends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-7mq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28302,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28298\/revisions\/28302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}