On September 3, 2021, Yoshihide Suga , the Prime Minister of Japan at the time, issued a statement at the interim assembly of the Liberal Democratic Party of , announcing that he would not participate in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.
On September 29, 2021, the president of Japan Liberal Democratic Party held a general election. Fumio Kishida defeated Taro Kono by an absolute advantage and was successfully selected as the 27th president of the Democratic Party.
On October 4, 2021, Japan held an interim cabinet meeting. Yoshihide Suga led the cabinet members to resign collectively at the meeting. It marked that Fumio Kishida officially became the 100th Prime Minister of Japan.
Group photo of Japanese political figures
Such a picture circulated on the Internet, which includes many modern Japanese political figures including the current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. In fact, the post of Prime Minister of Japan has long been in the hands of Japan's free Democratic Party . Successive prime ministers from the Liberal Democratic Party have all been pursuing the same goal more or less.
Showa period
After the baptism of two atomic bombs, on August 15, 1945 Emperor Hirohito (Showa is , Hirohito, the name used before his birth, according to the convention Emperor Hirohito, after his death, issued the " final battle edict" announcing the unconditional surrender of Japan, and immediately appointed his uncle Higashihisa Minohiko as the Prime Minister and Minister of the Army ( before the Peace Constitution) The Japanese prime minister is directly appointed by the emperor) to deal with matters related to defeat and surrender. This prince may be the worst prime minister in Japanese history.But as a royal family, Prince Higashihisa Minohiko still spares no effort to maintain the dignity and dignity of the Japanese royal family.
Japanese surrender news paper
MacArthur The first thing after representing the Allied forces to control Japan was to order the Japanese cabinet to draft a new constitution. As a result, the draft constitution is difficult to make the United States an invincible. The five-star general is satisfied, because in the draft constitution submitted by the cabinet headed by the prince, Japanese Emperor is still the supreme ruler of the country and has the power to rule the country's army. MacArthur's coping strategy is also ingenious, so there is the photo of MacArthur and Hirohito that we are all familiar with.
Casual casual MacArthur and formal Hirohito
This insulting Japanese imperial family completely destroyed the image of the emperor’s mentality in the Japanese people, so while the photo was made public, he was in power for only 54 days (in Japanese history) Prince Higashihisa Minohiko, the prime minister with the shortest term, led the collective resignation of the cabinet. Without the constraints of the Japanese imperial family, MacArthur formed an interim government composed of various parties. The purpose was to completely change Japan in accordance with the will of the United States. Therefore, he was very concerned about whether the new Japanese cabinet was obedient.
Japan introduced the Western parliamentary system during the Meiji Restoration. At that time, the Hatoyama family was an indispensable member of the Japanese parliament. It can be said that the Hatoyama family is a prominent political family in Japan, and it has always been political in Japan. The existence of gate valves. In November 1945, Hatoyama Ichiro , the patriarch of the Hatoyama family at the time, merged the Riken Constitutional Masitokai and the former Constitutional Gerakan to form the largest political party in Japan at the time, the Liberal Party of Japan, and served as its president.
The Liberal Party soon occupied the majority of seats in the parliament of the provisional government, so Hatoyama Ichiro will almost unsurprisingly become the new prime minister, but Hatoyama Ichiro, who wants to make Japan independent, is affected by MacArthur and others. Suppressed by various forces, he had no choice but to hand over the position of the Prime Minister to his friend Shigeru Yoshida,Hatoyama Ichiro and Yoshida Shigeru agreed that Shigeru Yoshida would return power after Ichiro Hatoyama resumed public office. Since then, Hatoyama Ichiro has lived in seclusion in the city, waiting for the opportunity.
Hatoyama Ichiro on the cover of Time Magazine
Apart from other factors, Shigeru Yoshida, the founder of the pro-American Japan’s post-war national policy, is still very capable. He faced the Liberal Party’s cabinet formation. Too many problems: There are 190 cities in the country in ruins; hyperinflation; severe economic decline; social conflicts intensified; the United States intervenes secretly; people are in extreme panic, etc. In order to return Japan to a normal track, Shigeru Yoshida’s cabinet tried his best to cater to MacArthur’s will, and the parliament also passed a self-castration-style "peace constitution" draft. Japan completely abandoned its armed forces and warring powers in order to please the Americans. In exchange for the help of the Americans. After the beginning of the Cold War, the United States and other NATO allies saw Japan's strategic position in the world structure, so they vigorously supported Japan, and Japan's industry developed rapidly and its economy took off. At the same time, in order to prevent Japan from unloading its mills and killing donkeys, the United States and Japan signed contracts such as the " Japan-US Security Guarantee Treaty ", which guarantees the right to station US troops in Japan. Shigeru Yoshida could not resist this, because he knew that the current Japan can no longer develop by his own will. The most important thing is to restore the economy. Shigeru Yoshida should have been thinking about the issue of money or face.
Shigeru Yoshida
In 1951, when the Korean War broke out, Ichiro Hatoyama, who had been silent for 5 years, returned. According to the previous agreement, the post of president of the Liberal Party should be returned to the original owner. But Shigeru Yoshida broke his promise. After five years of business, Shigeru Yoshida has cultivated many cronies within the Liberal Party. With full wings, he rejected Hatoyama Ichiro's extravagant hopes by using the position of president of the Liberal Party as a public tool and should not be given or accepted privately. The original friend turned his back on this, Hatoyama Ichiro led a group of his own people to leave the Liberal Party, united with some small parties to form The Democratic Party of Japan , and was elected president.
When Ichiro Hatoyama and Shigeru Yoshida were still good friends
Under the leadership of Ichiro Hatoyama,The Democratic Party and Shigeru Yoshida's Liberal Party launched a fierce struggle for power. Shigeru Yoshida represented Japan’s old feudal powers and big chaebols. During his tenure as prime minister, although Japan’s economy was restored and developed, some social conflicts that followed were not resolved well. In addition, " San Francisco vs. The various pro-American performances signed by such contracts as the Japan Peace Treaty and the Japan-US Security Guarantee Treaty have aroused dissatisfaction from all parties in Japan. The Liberal Party also lost its parliamentary majority under the attack of the Japanese Socialist Party (the largest opposition party representing socialism in Japan) and the Democratic Party of Japan. Due to political internal and external troubles, Shigeru Yoshida was forced to resign. Hatoyama Ichiro got his wish and finally ascended to the throne of Prime Minister of Japan in December 1954.
In November 1955, the Democratic Party of Japan headed by Ichiro Hatoyama absorbed the lost Liberal Party of Japan and merged to form Japan’s largest political party, the Liberal Democratic Party, or Liberal Democratic Party for short. Since then, this right-wing party has controlled Japan in its ups and downs. Political arena to this day.
Hatoyama Ichiro has always advocated Japan's independence before he came to power, but Article 9 of the "Peace Constitution" adopted by the Shigeru Yoshida cabinet clearly stipulates that wars, threats of force, or the use of force based on national power shall be forever renounced as a solution to international disputes. It does not maintain land, navy, air force and other warfare forces, and does not recognize the country’s right to war. After Ichiro Hatoyama came to power, he strongly advocated amending the constitution, rebuilding armaments internally, and making independent diplomacy externally. However, the Japanese people who experienced World War II suffered disasters in the war. Therefore, the "Peace Constitution" has a broad ideological foundation among the Japanese people. Together with the series of peace movements of the Japanese Socialist Party, the opposition to the amendment of the constitution is huge.
Hatoyama Ichiro knows that if you want to amend the current "Peace Constitution", you must comply with the existing constitutional amendment prerequisites-the amendment draft needs to be approved by more than two-thirds of the parliament before a referendum , The full-name referendum requires more than half of them to amend the constitution. The difficulty is immeasurable. So Hatoyama Ichiro did not dare to amend the constitution in the end. However, he used some forceful means (for example, sending more than 500 policemen to threaten the Parliament) to force the Parliament to pass the "Constitution Investigation Council Bill" and the "National Defense Council Bill", which laid the foundation for the final constitutional amendment.
We will not discuss whether Hatoyama Ichiro is militaristic. Before World War II, he was squeezed out of the parliament because of his opposition to the Hideki Tojo cabinet. He also suppressed anti-fascist forces and speeches. He believed in a more democratic parliament throughout his life. politics. Perhaps his original intention of amending the constitution was to escape the control of the United States, completely get rid of the status of a military servant country of the United States, and make Japan move towards independence and return to the world as a normal country. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the Liberal Democrats he left behind have never given up the ultimate goal of the party-constitutional amendment.
Whether it is Hatoyama Ichiro or Yoshida Shigeru, although their political opinions are different, their goals are the same from a certain angle, but the routes they choose are different. After Hatoyama Ichiro retired, after a short period of transition, Kishi Shinsuke ( Abe's grandfather 's grandfather) became the prime minister of Japan.
It’s hard to imagine how Kishisuke would be featured in Time Magazine.
When it comes to Kishisuke, compared with the conservative style of Hatoyama and Shigeru Yoshida, he is an out-and-out militarist extreme right (right wing). It is fundamentally different from the rightists) elements. After Japan was defeated, Kishisuke, who was identified as a Class A war criminal, was imprisoned in Tokyo's Kamosui Prison. When he heard the news that Shigeru Yoshida's cabinet had passed the "Peace Constitution", he yelled at Shigeru Yoshida as a traitor to Japan.
During his stay in Japan, Kishi Nobusuke served as the director of public works. After 1936, he went to China and served as the director of the General Affairs Department of the Ministry of Industry and the Deputy Director of the General Affairs Department of the Puppet Manchukuo Government. He and Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Hideki Tojo, Manchuria General Affairs Minister Hoshino Naoki, Manchurian Railways President Matsuoka Yoro, and Manchuria Heavy Industries Chairman Ayukawa Yoshisuke and called Manchuria Gang of Five. During his stay in China, his life was extremely slutty. He drank alcohol and prostitutes every night. At the same time, he was eccentric, moody, and self-conscious, so he was called the "Demon of Showa" and "Demon of Manchuria".
At the end of World War II, the Japanese mainland was within the bombing range of the US military.The output of war weapons produced by Kishi Nobusuke’s arsenal has fallen sharply, so he suggested that Hideki Tojo should end the war, but he was criticized by Hideki Tojo. Soon Shinsuke Kishi fell to the side that opposed the Hideki Tojo cabinet. . In 1948, in order to counter the threat of the opposition party, the Japanese Socialist Party, the ruling Shigeru Yoshida released Kishisuke, Shigemitsu and others in prison with the acquiescence of the United States (Tojo Hideki and others were executed). Kishi Nobusuke joined the Democratic Party of Japan under Ichiro Hatoyama in 1953 and merged with the Democratic Party of Japan into the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan in 1955. In February 1957, he took over as the Prime Minister of Japan as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cabinet.
For Kishi Shinsuke, a right-wing militarist, the provisions of the "Peace Constitution" are tantamount to cutting off his second child. But he shouldn’t be too arrogant, because his personal conduct is not very good in the hearts of the Japanese people. Coupled with the US intervention in Japan’s military issues, he began to make up his mind in the "Japan-US Security Guarantee Treaty" and adopted a "curve". The way of saving the country. The powers in the "Japan-US Security Guarantee Treaty" signed by the Shigeru Yoshida cabinet and the United States are not equal. In other words, the United States has an obligation to help defend Japan, but Japan does not. If power equivalence can be achieved, then Japan can develop its military in disguise. Kishi Shinsuke takes this as a breakthrough and makes a big fuss.
Kishi Shinsuke obviously overestimated his image among the Japanese people and underestimated the Japanese people's desire for peace. His amendment to the "Japan-U.S. Security Treaty" caused a massive resistance movement-the security struggle-all walks of life in Japanese society stood up to protest. Almost all opposition parties strongly resisted, and different voices appeared within the Liberal Democratic Party. Students The group even attacked the Japanese parliament. Even so, Kishi Nobuka insisted on going his own way and sent the police on the day of the poll to forcefully drive out all opposition members, and completed the vote to amend the treaty.
Security Struggle
Kishi Shinsuke’s behavior has touched the bottom line of democracy, and a hurricane has been completely set off in Japan-more than 1,600 organizations protested strongly, and the Japanese Diet received 170,000 peace petitions, 500 Ten thousand workers went on strike, 6.5 million took to the streets to protest, 330,000 students and people surrounded the Congress, more than 7,000 students rushed into the Congress and clashed with 3,000 policemen. A female university student from Tokyo was killed on the spot.In the nationwide condemnation, Kishi Nobusuke resisted until the amendment of the "Japan-US Security Guarantee Treaty" automatically took effect, fulfilling his long-cherished political wish. Soon Shinsuke Ashore resigned, and the security struggle ended.
In order to appease public opinion and economic development, Ikeda Yuto and later Sato Eisaku , who succeeded the prime minister, have returned to the road of strengthening the country and light soldiers. In the face of the facts, the right-wing forces in Japan have also largely constrained. They honestly hid in the political arena until August 15, 1985, the 40th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito’s promulgation of the "Edict of the End of the War". Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone walked into the Yasukuni Shrine where the memorial tablets of Japanese war criminals were displayed. And in his sacrifice, the words "Cabinet Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone" were prominently written- Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first prime minister to visit the Yasukuni Shrine in an official capacity after Japan's defeat.
The young Yasuhiro Nakasone is a famous Japanese guy.
The rapid economic development of Japan and the restoration of national self-confidence gave Yasuhiro Nakasone confidence. He led the Liberal Democratic Party to begin drastic reforms and pave the way for constitutional amendment. The cabinet he led once said, "Which scale of the Nanjing Massacre and the Hiroshima atomic bombing? Therefore, we must reconsider the nature and significance of the Tokyo trial." The remarks triggered serious protests in China and South Korea. .
In order to reflect that Japan has returned to a normal state, Nakasone Yasuhiro focused on seeking breakthroughs in international diplomacy, trying to elevate Japan to a diplomatic power so as to be commensurate with its status as an economic power. He actively restores relations with China, provides assistance to China, and visits and provides assistance to South Korea for the first time. Other countries in East Asia also have friendly interactions. Of course, Yasuhiro Nakasone did not dare to neglect his relationship with the United States. During his visit to the United States, he said that Japan is the United States' "unsinkable aircraft carrier " statement.It really made US President Reagan enjoy the pleasure of being licked by a man.
National Representatives during the Plaza Accord
During the Nakasone Yasuhiro cabinet, Japan has become the second largest economy in the world, which also gives him the confidence to lead Japan in pursuing great power status. Although it has not yet reached the time to amend the constitution, he broke the limit of military expenditure not higher than 1% of the gross national product. In order to establish good relations with neighboring countries, Yasuhiro Nakasone set an example to purchase imported goods, vigorously develop import and export trade, and try to coordinate the economies of neighboring countries with yen. During the US fiscal deficit, under his active mediation, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan signed the "Plaza Agreement", which led to a gradual increase in the exchange rate of the yen by nearly 80%. The economic bubble laid the groundwork. Nakasone Yasuhiro, who wanted to lead Japan to a normal country, did not expect to become a gravedigger in Japan.
Heisei period
On January 7, 1989, Hirohito passed away due to illness, and his eldest son Akihito came to the throne, with the reign of "Heisei".
In the 1990s, Japan’s economy collapsed, followed by political turmoil. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated Japan’s politics for nearly half a century, was gradually lost because of its inability to prevent economic recession and continuous political scandals. The political status of the majority party. Opposition parties, large and small, seized the opportunity and swarmed, and the Japanese political arena has been fighting continuously since then.
In the nearly 10 years from the end of Showa to the early Heisei period, nine prime ministers from different parties came to power and then quickly fell. The longest in power is less than three years, and the shortest is only two months.
Politics and economy complement each other. The political chaos of "10 years and 9 phases" has made Japan's already collapsed economy worse. The tired society urgently needs a smart strongman to take care of it. At this time, we know Junichiro Koizumi stood up as a tough guy with an iron fist, shouting the slogan "Smash the Liberal Democratic Party",Gained a broad popular base in Japan.
On April 26, 2001, the right-wing Liberal Democrat took office and became the 87th Prime Minister of Japan. With Junichiro Koizumi's coming to power, the Liberal Democratic Party began to slowly regain its supremacy in the Japanese political arena.
In order to fulfill his promise, Junichiro Koizumi carried out a major cleansing of the party after he took office. All forces were suppressed by him and forced to retreat. With the help of China's economic development in 2000, the Japanese economy gradually recovered and the society stabilized. Let Junichiro Koizumi have the idea of accomplishing the ultimate goal of the Liberal Democratic Party.
In order to change the minds of the Japanese people, during Koizumi Junichiro’s administration, the cabinet was full of right-wing figures. He himself ignored external pressure and visited the Yasukuni Shrine as the Prime Minister every year. During the Iraq War, Japan had an unprecedented cooperation. The United States sent troops. Various incidents have fueled the arrogance of the Japanese right-wing forces. They changed the war of aggression against East Asia into a "war of self-defense" or "helping to liberate Asia" in Japanese history textbooks. What's more, they shamelessly proposed to overthrow Tokyo. Trial and restore the reputation of Japanese war criminals.
Junichiro Koizumi pays homage to the Yasukuni Shrine
A series of measures made the Japanese society as a whole lean to the right. Junichiro Koizumi used the media to spread the idea of constitutional amendment, and the draft of the constitutional amendment also entered the citizens. The stage of discussion. We are getting closer and closer to the Liberal Democratic Party’s goal of constitutional amendment.
On September 26, 2006, Shinzo Abe became the Prime Minister of Japan. He was ambitious for his first cabinet formation. Because Junichiro Koizumi gave Abe a good environment for constitutional amendment, the Liberal Democratic Party’s ambition was more than 60 years after the end of World War II. The great cause will be realized during the tenure of Shinzo Abe. As the youngest prime minister of Japan after the war, he can fulfill such ambitions. Thinking about it, he can secrete adrenaline sharply and burst his blood.
However, it is true that if you do not die, you will not die. After Shinzo Abe came to power, improper employment caused the Liberal Democratic Party's seat in the parliament to gradually decline. Cabinet officials also frequently resigned due to scandals and omissions, plus physical reasons ( ulcerative colon Yan), September 2007 Shinzo Abe announced his resignation.
Shinzo Abe swore to regain power at his family’s grave
After Shinzo Abe resigned, the successor prime minister was unable to reverse the embarrassing situation of the Liberal Democratic Party. This gave the opposition party a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but the opposition party explained what it means to You don’t use your opportunity: political chaos and constant scandals naturally cannot reverse the government’s image in the hearts of the people. Japan almost reappeared the social turmoil of "10 years and 9 phases". Shinzo Abe saw the opportunity to sort out the Liberal Democratic Party, and finally worshipped and formed a cabinet again on December 16, 2012.
Shinzo Abe's impression seems to be particularly spineless and useless.
In 2014, Shinzo Abe met with U.S. Senator Rubio, who was visiting Japan at the time. The former politely signaled to sit down and was captured by the media. Although it was deliberately ugly, it is not difficult to see some other clues.
Shinzo Abe, who was ridiculed by netizens as "please from the guest official"
During the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, Shinzo Abe was about to talk about the territorial issues between the two countries. Putin, who had been waiting for a long time with a gloomy face, ran forward to shake hands and made Putin amused.
Shinzo Abe trot all the way to shake hands with Putin
2019 U.S. President Trump and his wife greeted the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife on the south porch of the White House. Trump stood in the red during the photo taken as a souvenir In the middle of the blanket, Shinzo Abe stood aside, smiling, very desolate.
is the same thing as MacArthur and Hirohito?
As the head of a country, he has done this kind of facelessness over and over again. Should the reasons behind this be worth pondering? Perhaps Shinzo Abe knows that in order to complete the Liberal Democratic Party’s constitutional amendment, it must lower its stance and gain the support of international public opinion, the support of parliament officials and the approval of the people of his country.
In order for everything to develop in the desired direction,Shinzo Abe worked hard and launched " Abenomics" on the economic side, which restored corporate performance, increased employment and wage income, expanded personal consumption, and formed a virtuous circle of personal consumption growth and corporate performance. ; Frequent visits to other countries in diplomacy have strengthened exchanges with China, the United States, Russia, South Korea, and neighboring countries; the lifting of the military ban on collective self-defense has enabled Japan to achieve certain breakthroughs in the military, and at the same time abolish civil control, making Soldiers have the possibility to participate in politics (Japan’s militarism in the early days of World War II is largely a matter of right-wing military participation in politics); gathering power in politics, transforming the ranks of parliamentarians, and cultivating the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party forces. It won more than two-thirds of the votes of the assembly (the iron-fisted Junichiro Koizumi did not reach this height). Shinzo Abe became Japan's most powerful prime minister after the war, and the constitutional amendment was only the last step-one-half of the votes of the Japanese people in the referendum.
Shinzo Abe played Super Mario at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games Taking over the 2020 Olympics, perhaps he knew at that time that a successful Olympics is the most effective medicine for cultivating national self-confidence.
Reiwa period
On April 30, 2019, Emperor Akihito abdicated, and his eldest son Naruhito ascended the throne, and the reign was "Reiwa".
Although the emperor has changed, the impact on Shinzo Abe is not great. He is still intensively preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. When the Olympics are over, maybe Shinzo Abe can get his wish and complete the constitutional amendment at the end of his term. His name should be recorded in the long history of Japan forever.
Shinzo Abe on the cover of the era
However, things went against their wishes,Shinzo Abe never dreamed that 's new coronavirus swept the world, and an epidemic completely shattered his dream-the Tokyo Olympics were delayed by one year-2021 was the last year before he left office, maybe time It's too late.
On September 16, 2020, Shinzo Abe resigned from the post of Prime Minister of Japan on the grounds that his political judgment was affected by the deterioration of his old illness. His Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga became the president of the Liberal Democratic Party and succeeded him as the prime minister. .
Yoshihide Suga's announcement on September 3, 2021 that he will no longer stand for election, destined him to become a transitional prime minister. On October 4, 2021, Fumio Kishida won the election and became president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Cabinet of Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is the 100th prime minister in Japanese history. The number 100 will bring nothing to Fumio Kishida. In fact, no one knows what will happen to the Liberal Democratic Party under his leadership. , Where will Japan go.
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