I've been living continuously in Japan for 40 years now, and have been in conversations with my best friend and partner, who was also a rare female 'kacho' for the personnel department of a major Japanese corporation. We got the news by cell phone about 2 hours after the incident, and both thought of the same thing ... oh shit. Just as the opposition was beginning to pick up some steam by pointing out the cognitive dissonance and corruption in the LDP, the right-wing, super-majority ruling LDP is now a shoe-in for next week's coming elections because of the sympathy vote. Now a couple of days later, Japanese Twitter is blazing with comments saying the same.
This is not good news for the average working class Japanese. Not only will the high taxes on basic commodities be rolled back, but unprecedented military spending will (is now) escalating, They plan on amending the peace-time constitution to something more pre-emptive, and are proposing the suspension of future elections thus keeping them in power permanently ... more or less following the Chinese model.
Here on the ground, a popular tweet said it was both nice and natural for workers at cash registers to chat with the elderly in the check-out line ... prompting one govt. affiliated medical 'professional' to call for the elimination of any face-to-face human business transaction through digitalization of the transaction and the currency. Of course, this is to protect us from assymptomatic (not sick) carriers of a microbe that appears to have an odd correlation with other aspects of an ailing economy. With the results of next week's elections in the bag, I am afraid the techno-feudalism of China will be upon us, in full force.
James Corbett is a rare example of a vanishing breed of good journalism. Been following him for a couple of years ... but my browser seems to finds ways of keeping him out of my regular feeds.
Wait, did you say they are proposing suspending ELECTIONS? Under what pretext and what is the public reaction?
If the LDP party is the conservative party, is there a left wing opposition that is even more tyrannical or is it in reverse of western countries? Is there much pushback from the public or are they mostly sleepwalking into this? I don't remember seeing footage of large protests in Japan like there were in Europe over lockdowns, mandates etc
Yes. There is a proposal to suspend future 'regular' elections and only hold them if or when there is such a problem with corruption or a scandal that the public can not accept. Oh, and there is no Japanese equivalence of a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) in Japan. The state can and does prohibit some classified information from ever reaching public scrutiny — in perpetuity. Not after 70 years or so. Forever. That should tell the reader a lot about the Japanese definition of 'democracy' of the people and for the people. 'The people' have never once in the history of this country risen to take power and form their own government.
I have participated in a few demonstrations, but they are meticulously planned and co-ordinated with city officials in advance so as to minimize any disturbance to business as usual ... not to disrupt any superficial 'harmony' — especially for the mid-level managers and above. There is pushback, but mostly in the form of Twitter or ephemeral Yahoo news ... very little that is public. Most in the working class are barely making ends meet as it is, and public defiance or even questioning of mandates at the work place level will put that job security at risk. There are few second chances in Japan Inc.
Interesting. Would you say there is a concept of human rights as is generally held in Western countries and is there a constitution that protects rights? Or is the worldview very different on this point?
JMHO, but the concept of individual human rights is pretty much a superficial copy-paste from ideals that arose from the Western Enlightenment. For example, court cases pitting a wronged individual against an institution is a no win game for the individual. Even if the individual wins, it is a long and expensive process with corporate pay-outs a fraction of what they would be in the West, and soon 'forgotten' by the corporate owned press. I think Reporters Without Borders is about right in place Japan Inc.'s freedom of press at about mid-pack among all nations.
The Far East in general gives more lip service to 'harmony' inspired by the caste system envisioned by Confucianism. That Toaist-Zen thingy looks good in the arts, but the ruling elites can't really use that to herd and dispose of human capital.
Both 'harmony' and the Western ideal of individual autonomy are now a kabuki show, world wide. While there may be small victories at the community level, for just about any population beyond Dunbar's number, the gap between what is moral and what is legal is about as wide as the financial gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Neither the Far East nor the West are the meritocracies they pretend to be. Meritocracy is just a carrot held before the working class donkeys to entice them to take another step. When it comes down to it, meritocracy has been replaced by credentialism at best, or worse - cronyism and nepotism, or worst, fear and force. At any level beyond local communities, you can forget about Platonic ideals. It is the law of the jungle, might makes right, and history is written by the winners. Check out Michael Sandel's latest book, 'The Tyranny of Merit: What has become of the Common Good'.
Maybe I am just jaded. I resigned in protest from a token foreigner's 'tenured' position at a Japanese college thinking I would go back to making a living as an itinerant adjunct (part-time English teacher for required freshman classes). Now 8 years later, I am supplementing a modest pension by being a 'steppin-fetchit' Assistant for English teachers in the public schools of West Tokyo, many of whom were not yet born when I first began my career in Japan.
I suppose it is like the medical profession ... a mixed bag of a few genuine educators, but overwhelmed by a top down system and teachers content to be bureaucratic functionaries.
Been wondering if the “sympathy vote” is a cover. That in fact not unlike other places vote counting was already tuned to keep LDP in majority, but with anti-globalist, anti-mandate newcomers like sanseito party gaining steam they needed to act in desparation… perhaps not unlike US November ‘20?
In this the LDP deep state has really gotten rid of a thorn in their side - a highly inconvenient opponent to CCP dominance over asia, supporter of USA and doubter of the RUS/UKR narrative. And by invoking a ‘sympathy vote’ narrative, real or not, there is an excuse for the (still being counted) outcome of yesterday’s election — LDP globalists maintain majority.
Some things to wonder about:
Apparently Abe was originally scheduled to speak at Nagano that day, but was moved to Nara last minute.
One wonders why he was standing on the street when usually these speeches are done elevated on a vehicle with speakers… Which certainly would have been more secure.
With that apparently jury-rigged shotgun device — why was there no collateral damage among the suits standing near him? A JFK assassination bullet tracing diagram is perhaps warranted here? Could be inferred from the collection of public imagery?
And then why such a fantastically inept security team/lack of perimeter, etc?
This was not a crazy loner going after a target of convenience. Don’t believe that for a second.
I am inclined to agree with you. Plots behind plots on down the rabbit hole. I can concede that unfortunately, those attracted to power over others are also a lot more clever than I am at this kind of thing. They are dark-triad personality types, emerging from the womb, with little potential for empathy-driven behavior ... and intent on building systems only so that they can game them — as their default mind-set.
Interesting...thanks for the background. I have to admit I am completely ignorant of Asian politics. However, given the rise of Asia and Chinese power...I need to tune in more...
As soon as I saw this was from James Corbett, I went: I'm reading this. He doesn't claim to have all the answers, but presents a huge amount of background information. I've learned a lot from The Corbett Report - like his report of Gates.
The protection protocol was a bit lax. Not that anyone would have suspected a shooting in Japan. It's practically unheard of. But seeing those two guys jump in behind Abe, wow, reminds me of the Reagan shooting. Turn and make yourself bigger. I think I'm missing that gene.
A Japanese Group that has an objective of "protecting children from the VaXXX" is now a dark sinister conspiracy theory force?
Foreign politics is confusing, well More Confusing than our own domestic cluster F, but I'm not biting on the "Corbett Report" thingy.
As far as "Domestic" the good news is that the Satanic Georgia Guidestones have returned to dust and gravel. The NWO Cabal Fake Coup Gov residing in the WH is going to collapse along with the Feral Reserve "dollar". CYA it's going to get Frisky.
Definitely a ghost gun- easily accessible online. Many prime suspects as to who could have encouraged this individual to act- including any communist. Or anyone directly affected by "Abenomics". It's ominous for anyone who is anti-communism- including any Trump or DeSantis candidate...
Consider the possibility that his assassination was a deep fake. There is plenty of evidence for this on analysis of available video. Even without detailed inspection, the gunman was at least 30 feet away with a crude firearm. 2 shots and none of security in close proximity hurt. With the accuracy of the gun shown, the “shooter” would have had a 99% chance of being arrested for an attempted assassination.
I've been living continuously in Japan for 40 years now, and have been in conversations with my best friend and partner, who was also a rare female 'kacho' for the personnel department of a major Japanese corporation. We got the news by cell phone about 2 hours after the incident, and both thought of the same thing ... oh shit. Just as the opposition was beginning to pick up some steam by pointing out the cognitive dissonance and corruption in the LDP, the right-wing, super-majority ruling LDP is now a shoe-in for next week's coming elections because of the sympathy vote. Now a couple of days later, Japanese Twitter is blazing with comments saying the same.
This is not good news for the average working class Japanese. Not only will the high taxes on basic commodities be rolled back, but unprecedented military spending will (is now) escalating, They plan on amending the peace-time constitution to something more pre-emptive, and are proposing the suspension of future elections thus keeping them in power permanently ... more or less following the Chinese model.
Here on the ground, a popular tweet said it was both nice and natural for workers at cash registers to chat with the elderly in the check-out line ... prompting one govt. affiliated medical 'professional' to call for the elimination of any face-to-face human business transaction through digitalization of the transaction and the currency. Of course, this is to protect us from assymptomatic (not sick) carriers of a microbe that appears to have an odd correlation with other aspects of an ailing economy. With the results of next week's elections in the bag, I am afraid the techno-feudalism of China will be upon us, in full force.
James Corbett is a rare example of a vanishing breed of good journalism. Been following him for a couple of years ... but my browser seems to finds ways of keeping him out of my regular feeds.
Wait, did you say they are proposing suspending ELECTIONS? Under what pretext and what is the public reaction?
If the LDP party is the conservative party, is there a left wing opposition that is even more tyrannical or is it in reverse of western countries? Is there much pushback from the public or are they mostly sleepwalking into this? I don't remember seeing footage of large protests in Japan like there were in Europe over lockdowns, mandates etc
Yes. There is a proposal to suspend future 'regular' elections and only hold them if or when there is such a problem with corruption or a scandal that the public can not accept. Oh, and there is no Japanese equivalence of a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) in Japan. The state can and does prohibit some classified information from ever reaching public scrutiny — in perpetuity. Not after 70 years or so. Forever. That should tell the reader a lot about the Japanese definition of 'democracy' of the people and for the people. 'The people' have never once in the history of this country risen to take power and form their own government.
I have participated in a few demonstrations, but they are meticulously planned and co-ordinated with city officials in advance so as to minimize any disturbance to business as usual ... not to disrupt any superficial 'harmony' — especially for the mid-level managers and above. There is pushback, but mostly in the form of Twitter or ephemeral Yahoo news ... very little that is public. Most in the working class are barely making ends meet as it is, and public defiance or even questioning of mandates at the work place level will put that job security at risk. There are few second chances in Japan Inc.
Interesting. Would you say there is a concept of human rights as is generally held in Western countries and is there a constitution that protects rights? Or is the worldview very different on this point?
JMHO, but the concept of individual human rights is pretty much a superficial copy-paste from ideals that arose from the Western Enlightenment. For example, court cases pitting a wronged individual against an institution is a no win game for the individual. Even if the individual wins, it is a long and expensive process with corporate pay-outs a fraction of what they would be in the West, and soon 'forgotten' by the corporate owned press. I think Reporters Without Borders is about right in place Japan Inc.'s freedom of press at about mid-pack among all nations.
The Far East in general gives more lip service to 'harmony' inspired by the caste system envisioned by Confucianism. That Toaist-Zen thingy looks good in the arts, but the ruling elites can't really use that to herd and dispose of human capital.
Both 'harmony' and the Western ideal of individual autonomy are now a kabuki show, world wide. While there may be small victories at the community level, for just about any population beyond Dunbar's number, the gap between what is moral and what is legal is about as wide as the financial gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Neither the Far East nor the West are the meritocracies they pretend to be. Meritocracy is just a carrot held before the working class donkeys to entice them to take another step. When it comes down to it, meritocracy has been replaced by credentialism at best, or worse - cronyism and nepotism, or worst, fear and force. At any level beyond local communities, you can forget about Platonic ideals. It is the law of the jungle, might makes right, and history is written by the winners. Check out Michael Sandel's latest book, 'The Tyranny of Merit: What has become of the Common Good'.
Maybe I am just jaded. I resigned in protest from a token foreigner's 'tenured' position at a Japanese college thinking I would go back to making a living as an itinerant adjunct (part-time English teacher for required freshman classes). Now 8 years later, I am supplementing a modest pension by being a 'steppin-fetchit' Assistant for English teachers in the public schools of West Tokyo, many of whom were not yet born when I first began my career in Japan.
I suppose it is like the medical profession ... a mixed bag of a few genuine educators, but overwhelmed by a top down system and teachers content to be bureaucratic functionaries.
Been wondering if the “sympathy vote” is a cover. That in fact not unlike other places vote counting was already tuned to keep LDP in majority, but with anti-globalist, anti-mandate newcomers like sanseito party gaining steam they needed to act in desparation… perhaps not unlike US November ‘20?
In this the LDP deep state has really gotten rid of a thorn in their side - a highly inconvenient opponent to CCP dominance over asia, supporter of USA and doubter of the RUS/UKR narrative. And by invoking a ‘sympathy vote’ narrative, real or not, there is an excuse for the (still being counted) outcome of yesterday’s election — LDP globalists maintain majority.
Some things to wonder about:
Apparently Abe was originally scheduled to speak at Nagano that day, but was moved to Nara last minute.
One wonders why he was standing on the street when usually these speeches are done elevated on a vehicle with speakers… Which certainly would have been more secure.
With that apparently jury-rigged shotgun device — why was there no collateral damage among the suits standing near him? A JFK assassination bullet tracing diagram is perhaps warranted here? Could be inferred from the collection of public imagery?
And then why such a fantastically inept security team/lack of perimeter, etc?
This was not a crazy loner going after a target of convenience. Don’t believe that for a second.
I am inclined to agree with you. Plots behind plots on down the rabbit hole. I can concede that unfortunately, those attracted to power over others are also a lot more clever than I am at this kind of thing. They are dark-triad personality types, emerging from the womb, with little potential for empathy-driven behavior ... and intent on building systems only so that they can game them — as their default mind-set.
first gates and gauci travel to london and bojo is sacked ... now abe is done ...
Hell of a week for leaders of the world.
Bozo Boris
Deep state Abe
Sir lankan president fleas and the peasants storm his palace.
Georgia Guidestones sianara!
Canuck’s have no internet!
Been a crazy week, things are just get toasty into summer too!
Interesting...thanks for the background. I have to admit I am completely ignorant of Asian politics. However, given the rise of Asia and Chinese power...I need to tune in more...
As soon as I saw this was from James Corbett, I went: I'm reading this. He doesn't claim to have all the answers, but presents a huge amount of background information. I've learned a lot from The Corbett Report - like his report of Gates.
Was The former Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe's assassination faked??? https://153news.net/watch_video.php?v=9YH2YRNK31N8
Oh dear, it does look suss. Thank you, first clear picture I've seen so far.
The protection protocol was a bit lax. Not that anyone would have suspected a shooting in Japan. It's practically unheard of. But seeing those two guys jump in behind Abe, wow, reminds me of the Reagan shooting. Turn and make yourself bigger. I think I'm missing that gene.
A Japanese Group that has an objective of "protecting children from the VaXXX" is now a dark sinister conspiracy theory force?
Foreign politics is confusing, well More Confusing than our own domestic cluster F, but I'm not biting on the "Corbett Report" thingy.
As far as "Domestic" the good news is that the Satanic Georgia Guidestones have returned to dust and gravel. The NWO Cabal Fake Coup Gov residing in the WH is going to collapse along with the Feral Reserve "dollar". CYA it's going to get Frisky.
There is another option: Abe's "death" may have been pre-arranged and he is live and fit as a fiddle. That path might be worth investigating, too.
Photos or videos prove literally nothing anymore.
Definitely a ghost gun- easily accessible online. Many prime suspects as to who could have encouraged this individual to act- including any communist. Or anyone directly affected by "Abenomics". It's ominous for anyone who is anti-communism- including any Trump or DeSantis candidate...
Consider the possibility that his assassination was a deep fake. There is plenty of evidence for this on analysis of available video. Even without detailed inspection, the gunman was at least 30 feet away with a crude firearm. 2 shots and none of security in close proximity hurt. With the accuracy of the gun shown, the “shooter” would have had a 99% chance of being arrested for an attempted assassination.