Politics and Soccer
On the 19th, Prime Minister Takaichi dissolved the House of Representatives, and it has been decided that a House election will be held with voting and counting on February 8. Wanting to fight an election you can win is only human, so perhaps the idea is to solidify the governing base while support for the Takaichi Cabinet is still high. (Right now it’s a minority ruling party, after all.) Well, my mother is complaining nonstop, though. She’s disliked Prime Minister Takaichi for a long time, and she likes Mr. Tōru Tamagawa. However, at this point, the Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito have moved closer together, and a Centrist Reform Coalition has been formed. Whether that becomes the detonator for a realignment of the political world remains to be seen. That said, as those people often argue, it may be necessary to revise the electoral system itself and aim for a moderate multiparty system (a multiparty system with small ideological differences between parties). (Still, even...