On Tuesday, Japan’s parliament installed Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as prime minister. The elevation to power of this ultra-nationalist, pro-war figure comes with a new ruling coalition that is rapidly pushing establishment politics even further to the right.

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    6 hours ago

    Not that long ago, the commoners didn’t have many rights all over the world. A party asking for checks to the power of the emperor seems downright liberal in that world. LDP stayed mostly the same (maybe moving a bit to the right), but the world kept moving to the left and now they are a right wing party.