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I am filled with nothing but anger, yet even three months after the onset of the Kumamoto Earthquake, over 1,000 people are still forced to live in evacuation shelters, and in such a state, Prime Minister Takaichi shamelessly cites "the state of public relations" and the like as points of reflection for one year of government administration, while seeking to secure ten times the cabinet public relations budget—that is the reality of our country today. It is the ultimate abandonment of the people.

Accelerating non-regular employment, tax hikes on ordinary people, repeated tax cuts for big corporations, with 1 in 6 people in poverty. People's lives are being made poorer and poorer, and child suicides have reached a record high of 538. Meanwhile, the Takaichi LDP has raked in a record-high tax haul of 84.2 trillion yen. Now is the time to boldly and rightfully demand the swiftest-ever public assistance. Self-help and mutual aid just can't cut it anymore!

The Liberal Democratic Party has lost its genuine politicians. The fact that Prime Minister Takaichi canceled the G7 meeting after having a drink with Mr. Aso has become known worldwide. He made various excuses in the Diet, but they were lies. If the LDP had any real politicians, they would have issued a "vote of no confidence" before the opposition even demanded it. Before any fraudulent consumption tax cut proposal, first, total resignation of the rotten Koichi Takaichi.

It's scary. They're talking about the scheduled date for the constitutional revision proposal. If we change the constitution, that's the end. Just like the day the wall was breached and the Titans came— We'll never be able to return to the daily life we had before. For the same peaceful days of the past to continue into the future, We have no choice but to raise our voices now. Oppose the constitutional revision proposal, And raise our voices to protect peace and human rights— Before it becomes irreparable.

Evaluation of Sanae Takaichi's First Year NHK, which utterly ignored the numerous major blunders she committed, her jaw-dropping displays of ignorance, incompetence, and immorality, and the many political crimes, and instead relentlessly pursued "Takaichi hype reporting." It hammered home the ultimate rot in journalism, perfectly suited to a Japan that continues to decline.

You get why prewar Japan dove headfirst into a war it had no chance of winning, right? They're the same ones who keep voting for parties pushing military expansion, thinking with no basis whatsoever that they'll be the ones to make it out okay. And they look down on everyone else, believing the Japanese are the greatest in the world. It's nothing short of idiotic.

In Osaka, a first-year middle school girl (12 years old) robbed a convenience store. The store owner is an 86-year-old woman. The girl reportedly confessed, "I had no money." "Child poverty" and "poverty in old age." It's an incident that symbolizes an utterly helpless country, Japan. The citizens work diligently and pay their taxes and pension contributions properly. Why are we this poor?

The fact that Japanese Diet members' salaries are hands-down number one among advanced countries, amounting to ten times the average national income, is the real problem to begin with. On top of that, you've got guys like Koichi Hagiuda and Kazuo Yamano raking in tens of millions in slush funds and dodging taxes. No way people like that could ever understand ordinary folks' lives. First things first, Diet members' salaries should be brought down to the national average.

There's a phrase called "Ken-fu Ten-nen" It means that if you hold power for ten years, corruption sets in, but with the Takaiichi administration, the recent case of Yana Kazuo made it crystal clear that they've become corrupt in less than a year Even if Takaiichi herself isn't corrupt, her cronies and those "politicians riding on Takaiichi's coattails" are thoroughly rotten, no doubt about it

One thing that must not be forgotten is the fact that Koichi Hagiuda, whom Sanae Takaichi has appointed as the Liberal Democratic Party's acting secretary-general, is the person who created at least approximately 27.28 million yen in "secret funds," and moreover, has attended gatherings of not just groups affiliated with the "Unification Church" but the main organization itself. The very fact that such a person is being given a key role makes it abundantly clear that Takaichi herself is at the center of this corruption.

It was the Liberal Democratic Party that reduced our salaries, increased taxes and social insurance premiums, cut pensions, raised electricity bills, and brought in a large number of problematic foreigners, worsening public safety! But it was us who kept electing that Liberal Democratic Party. Isn't it enough already? Voting for the Liberal Democratic Party means you want to continue this terrible way of life forever into the future.

It has been revealed that Sanae Takaichi and other LDP politicians "donated" a total of 1.7 billion yen in public funds, known as "political party subsidies," to themselves. However, the LDP is still continuing the double-dipping of "corporate and organizational donations" and "political party subsidies," despite having said they would stop. At the point where they are deceiving their own citizens and gorging on taxes, they have not a shred of legitimacy.

The LDP, as expected, just won't do. Tax revenue is at an all-time high. The national burden rate is about 50%. Nearly half of people's income vanishes into taxes and social insurance premiums. And yet there's zero sense that life has gotten any better. It's a politics that squeezes too much out of the people, but can't make the people prosperous. This has gone too far—the LDP just won't do.

The first thing Ms. Takaichi must do is flood countermeasures, yet she shows absolutely no interest in the lives of the citizens. Moreover, the right-wing lawmakers who hold more than two-thirds of the seats in the Diet also show no interest. These are the right-wing lawmakers from the LDP, Japan Innovation Party, Sanseito, Conservative Party, and Democratic Party for the People. Their minds are filled only with military expansion for preparing self-destructive wars! Have some shame!

Prices are going up, Taxes are going up, Social insurance premiums are going up too Yet, take-home pay just won't increase If you're feeling the pinch in your daily life right now, that's on the Liberal Democratic Party. Direct your anger at the government. You don't need to go along with Sanae Takaichi's shady promotion. Raise your voice. Let's take down the Takaichi administration.

Even when the people raise their voices this much, it doesn't reach anyone. It's painful, life is tough, we want things to change. Despite all these voices overflowing, I wonder what the politicians are even looking at. The judiciary, which is supposed to keep an eye on the government. The media, which is supposed to convey the facts to the people. I can't help but question whether either of them is functioning properly. Even within the LDP, aren't there any politicians stepping up to say, "Hasn't this gone too far?"

I'm absolutely dumbfounded! As expected, the Unification Church that they won't cut ties with, and the slush fund politicians... 《New Takai City LDP Executive Personnel Changes》 Hagiwara Koichi 27.28 million yen. Matsuno Koichi 10.51 million yen in slush funds politicians. They deceived the public and created slush funds, but even after getting exposed, they pinned the blame on their secretaries to escape responsibility, and on top of that, they don't even pay taxes... And yet, they're keeping these guys in their positions... Don't screw around! Takai Sanae

Prime Minister Takaichi is considering appointing lawmakers involved in the slush fund scandal, like those from the former Abe faction. And the reason for that is, "They've already faced the public's judgment through two elections."Does going through two elections just wipe away the responsibility for creating slush funds? Whose money do members of parliament work with? It's the taxpayers' money, duh.That's exactly why they need to be more accountable than ordinary people, right? Getting elected and wrapping up the responsibility for unreported political funds are two different things.

Even if we oppose it, they pass the bill. They don't pass the bills we want them to. They raise taxes even though everyone is struggling. They don't try to increase food self-sufficiency. They don't try to stop Japan's declining birthrate. They bring in immigrants to fill the population gap. They turn a blind eye to the deterioration of public safety. And yet, they only try to butter us up during elections. Why doesn't everyone get angry at the Japanese government for treating its citizens with such contempt?

Industry groups flush with subsidies return a portion of it to politicians as political contributions, and the politicians, in turn, keep the subsidies flowing in Japan. A splendid cycle, isn't it? Tax money morphs into politicians' campaign funds, and those same politicians decide how the next round of tax money gets spent. They call this "democracy." The public plays the role of providing the raw funds, without any say in the decision-making. What a well-crafted system.

Even though the public has repeatedly pleaded, "Life is tough," "I'm at my limit," "Don't take any more from us," what is the Japanese government actually doing? It's reluctant about tax cuts. It pushes forward with tax hikes. It raises social insurance premiums too. It's steadily whittling away at take-home pay. Prices keep rising, but wages can't keep up. On top of that, it piles on heavier taxes and social insurance contributions. Far from helping the people, it's adding even more burdens to those already suffering. We're already working as hard as we can. How much more does it need to take from the people before it's satisfied?

Japan has invested over 1.3 trillion yen overseas, with 70% financed in yen. The monetary authorities keep interest rates suppressed, sacrificing the interests of all Japanese citizens to subsidize overseas ventures. 37% of temporary dispatch workers, sacrificing the job opportunities and salaries of young people and women to subsidize the elderly. Industries are shifting overseas, hollowing out Japan. The business environment for young people starting ventures is like a quagmire. The yen keeps depreciating, weakening the purchasing power of the nation.

Japan is a country poor in raw materials and imports about 90% of its oil needs, much of which comes from the Middle East. When geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran skyrocket, the price of crude oil skyrockets. Expensive oil immediately translates into prohibitive energy costs for Japanese industries and a rise in domestic inflation，stifling economic growth. Work life balance worst , aging population and not enough work force to keep Japan up and running.

Poverty is becoming more widespread and severe. Especially now, with high prices, more and more people—such as women and young office workers—who have a place to live but are finding life increasingly difficult are on the rise. Young Japanese people cannot afford housing, childcare or stable employment. This is a policy failure, not a personal one. If the government doesn't take some kind of action, it could become a cause of social unrest. The image shows young people and women queuing to receive free lunches.

Look at where the money is going. Japan's Defense Ministry is reportedly seeking a record 8.9 trillion yen for defense spending in fiscal year 2027, the largest budget request in the country's history. Disaster victims are still struggling to rebuild their lives. Families are still struggling with rising prices and a weakening yen. Yet military spending keeps hitting new records. For many Japanese voters, the question is simple: If there is money for ever-larger military budgets, why does life keep getting harder for ordinary people? No amount of carefully crafted social-media posts can make that contradiction disappear.

On August 22, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posted that she could not bring herself to kill insects, including cockroaches. The post quickly drew ridicule from Japanese netizens: - She spares a cockroach, yet supports arms exports that can take human lives. - Why show mercy to a pest while ignoring the lives lost in war? - What about disaster victims and ordinary Japanese struggling to make ends meet? Recently, Takaichi has become increasingly active on social media, a move that has been linked to her declining approval ratings and seen as a sign of growing anxiety.

This is just unbelievable, isn't it? A 76-year-old man receiving a pension of 60,000 yen a month applied for welfare assistance, and the city hall apparently told him, "That's not possible, please go get a job." Isn't this seriously messed up? Someone who's paid taxes and insurance premiums their whole life can't even have the bare minimum of support in old age. Is this really a country where you can "face your later years with peace of mind"? Where did the taxpayers' money go?What have the government officials been doing? They are drawing handsome salaries, after all.

The proportion and number of non-regular workers in Japan: 1984: 15% (6.04 million people) 2025: 36% (21.28 million people) Even the lovable common folk in O. Henry's stories would be shocked by the daily reality of Japanese people struggling in poverty and waiting for supermarket discounts. Meanwhile, the government aggressively hands out lump-sum childbirth allowances exceeding 400,000 yen and various other subsidies to immigrants. Do they intend to ethnically cleanse the Japanese people?! The government has surely lost its mind. Japan also faces multiple challenges, including a plummeting yen, intensifying inflation, and a trade deficit driven by high oil prices. This is truly incredibly difficult

At a time when Japanese households and industries continue to feel the effects of elevated energy costs, the decision to mobilize approximately 1.6 trillion yen in financial support for other countries’ procurement raises a straightforward priority question. Domestic measures such as gasoline subsidies and electricity/gas assistance have been implemented, yet many citizens still experience strain. When a government simultaneously commits a multi-trillion-yen package abroad, the public naturally asks whether the same urgency is applied to Japan’s own cost-of-living pressures. Large external commitments require clear justification in terms of national interest, especially when fiscal space is limited and domestic complaints about prices remain widespread.

But even at this level, rising prices are stoking divisions. Tokyo’s young and educated workers are winning pay gains that exceed inflation, and its well-heeled residents are benefiting as the equity and housing markets surge. Pensioners and workers on lower wages in rural areas, however, are going backward as the cost of living increases. Although support for Takaichi’s premiership remains high following a resounding electoral victory that saw her win a supermajority in the Lower House in February, opinion polls show prices remain the top public concern. Takaichi has sought to cushion households from rising costs through measures including energy subsidies. But many pensioners have seen little relief, as their payments have lagged behind the cost of living for years.

Prime Minister Takaichi's Carefree "Inflation Measures" X Post Brings Utter Embarrassment: Even with Three Quarters of Positive GDP, the Seriousness of Stagnant Personal Consumption. Although external demand boosted GDP figures, the underlying reality is quite bleak. Ironically, a sharp drop in imports of crude oil and other commodities—driven by the deteriorating situation in the Middle East—actually pushed up the GDP figures, as a decline in imports has a positive impact on GDP calculations. Private sector forecasts had previously projected an annualized growth rate of around 2.0%; however, the actual data fell far short of expectations, heightening uncertainty about the future. [img][/img][img][/img]