Was this the guy who when asked about rising rice prices said “idk what the big deal is, i get my rice for free.”?
That was the rice minister (really).
I don’t even know wtf the LDP does. Apart from continuing to block gay marriage, the only policy they’ve had in the past decade is to raise taxes every year. It’s to the point where people are feeling the squeeze enough that the ultranational populist fascists just gained seats, and yet they still keep winning. How they keep getting the majority is beyond me, but then again idiots in plenty of countries vote against their own interests.
Updated title is now:
Japan’s PM Ishiba denies talk he will quit following election drubbing
They all do that, even those who intend to resign deny it until the day it happens.
Ishiba doesn’t have any big scandals currently, so I see less public outrage directed at him in the news and it feels more like infighting within the LDP (just my impression). Of course losing so many seats in the election is a cause for resignation but I’m not sure anybody who replaces him will be able to quell the public’s discontent either.
