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No.1515 / Jan./ 25 / 2026
The dissolution of the Lower House is for the sake of consolidating the power!
--- Prime Minister Takaichi is thoroughly preparing to build a militarily strong nation.

Prime Minister Takaichi decided to dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of the regular Diet session convened on the 23rd.
If the Diet is dissolved at the beginning of the session, the schedule for the regular session will be shortened, the passage of the budget will be delayed, and one of the key policies of Ishin, the coalition partner, namely the "reduction of the number of lawmakers," may be scrapped.
So why did Takaichi devise such a strategy?
The 'centrist' cannot fight on its own,
-- None the less the Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito have formed a 'Centrist Reform Alliance.'
Ishin's Pointless Fighting in the Osaka Double Election
--- The 'Osaka Metropolis Plan' is riding on the reactionary Takaichi.
Germany declares to build the 'strongest conventional military in Europe'
--- Germany and the EU strengthen their military capabilities.
No.1514 / Jan./ 11 / 2026
Increasing burdens on society and the expansion of the armaments.
--- The budget for the new fiscal year reaches 122.3 trillion yen, the highest ever.
The Takaichi administration has decided on the initial budget proposal for the next fiscal year, which is the largest ever in the general account.
Takaichi calls it a 'budget to make the Japanese Archipelago strong and prosperous' through 'responsible proactive fiscal policy.
'However, in fact, it means the just indiscriminate spending and a focus on the military, and the cost will inevitably fall on future workers and those who are employed.

The Takaichi administration falsified the amount of new bond issuance to make it appear smaller!
--- Despite the scheduled issuance of government bonds increasing by 3.8 trillion yen.

The shift from the Technical Intern Training Program for foreign workers to the System for Employment and Training is just a rebranded 'conscription labor system'!

Let’s condemn the unleashed tyrant, U.S. President Trump for carrying out a military invasion upon Venezuela!
No.1513 / Dec./ 28/ 2025
Even with interest rate hikes, the yen continues to weak.
--- And high prices will not subside anytime soon.
On the 18th and 19th of this month, the Bank of Japan held a monetary policy meeting and raised the policy interest rate from 0.5% to 0.75%.
The prime minister, Takaichi strongly warned the Bank of Japan during the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race, saying, 'Raising interest rates now is foolish,' but eventually accepted rate hikes, unable to stand by as the yen weakened and prices soared.
However, the yen's depreciation has not eased even with the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike.

The Liberal Democratic Party planned a coalition with the Democratic Party for the People.
--- And reached an agreement on the annual income wall of 1.78 million yen.

The Issue 64 of 'Prometheus,' has been published.
--- Featuring a critique of populism and Karatani's theory.

The Takaichi's inconvenient remark: 'A crisis in Taiwan (due to China's military actions), it will become a crisis for Japan.'
--- The idea that 'the world is divided and ruled' is nothing but an illusion, and the relationship between China and the United States is like enemies on the same boat.
No.1512 / Dec./ 14/ 2025
The Takaichi administration stirs illusions of a 'strong economy'
--- That's a petty trick far from any kind of extended reproduction.

On November 28, the Takaichi administration approved a supplementary budget proposal (totaling 18.3 trillion yen) at a cabinet meeting.
Including funding for 'economic measures,' spreading the illusion that this policy will create a 'strong economy,' promote economic growth, increase corporate profits, boost tax revenues, and improve the fiscal foundation.

The Zohran Mamdani craze is sweeping through New York City.
--- Mamdani captured the hearts of the working masses.

The Takaichi government crosses the line.
--- Delighting the military industry.

The Trump Administration's 'National Security.
--- Strategy' Advocating 'America First'.
No.1511 / Nov./ 23/ 2025
We firmly condemn Sanae Takaichi's provocations against China!
--- She stated that a 'Taiwan contingency' is a 'contingency for Japan'.

On November 7, Prime Minister Takaichi stated at the House of Representatives Budget Committee that a 'contingency in Taiwan,' specifically naming China, would be related to a 'crisis concerning Japan’s existence.
‘This is the first time that Takaichi has explicitly named China in an official setting and stated that a 'Taiwan contingency' would be 'a Japanese contingency,' and it is a dangerous remark that could provoke war.
The Takaichi administration is pushing measures to relax overtime restriction.
--- And strengthen exploitative labor.
Prime Minister Takaichi downplays the government's debt.
--- Adding fuel to the fire.
A radical leftist Zohran Mamdani has just become the mayor in New York.
--- President Trump is getting cornered.
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