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  • カルト、腐敗、失敗、そして崩壊。選挙で有権者が懲りない自民党を拒絶。

カルト、腐敗、失敗、そして崩壊。選挙で有権者が懲りない自民党を拒絶。

故安倍晋三元首相の罪悪: 使途不明金、失敗した経済政策、そして旧統一教会との関係が彼の党を追い詰めた。

Corruption, Cults, and Collapse: Why Voters Rejected Japan’s Ruling Party in Major Election Blow

In a not-so-surprising twist that has Japan’s ruling party licking its wounds, the 2024 lower house election results show the ruling coalition crumbling to pieces. After decades of near-uninterrupted dominance…

Election Update: Japan’s Ruling Party Looks Likely to Lose Majority and finds out karma is a bitch.

As the ballots trickle in from Japan’s general election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) —which is infamously neither liberal nor democratic–is having the kind of night you wouldn’t wish…

The elections in Japan 101 : regime change or LDP 🎉 party

Imagine Japan as a stage and the LDP as the lead actor, playing the same role since 1955, almost like a Broadway star who refuses to age out of their…

Update: Tigran Gambaryan, American Hero and Good Guy is Free!

UPDATE: The Nigerian Government dropped the charges against Tigran circa October 23rd and he is now home.

Ex-Mt. Gox CEO eyes crypto for all with new initiative EllipX, Japan slow to get on board

Yesterday the former CEO of infamous Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox announced the release of a new crypto initiative. The new company, called EllipX (pronounced “el-ip-ex”), consists of the EllipX…