Ben Bumphart comments

It's good to see Kishida's photo in the CRIME section.

The LDP is looking for ways to hold on to power when they get rid of Kishida. How about a gay PM?

Taro Aso is one possibility, but he will have to come out first.

Despite how poorly the LDP has run Japan and how poorly Koike has run Tokyo

She is Ishihara in a skirt. Put some of my favorite bars out of business with those stupid COVID rules.

I wanted Dr Nakamats to win.

He looks terrible in that interview. The guy is barely alive. He probably went straight back to bed when it was over.

Poverty is becoming the new norm in Japan. Voters in the UK have just kicked the Conservatives out -- why do the turkeys in Japan keep voting for Christmas?

Japan has a LOT of money... but that money is not really circulating. Is in hold or tight to investments or simply sleeping in a bank account of some type of asset.

You are right, Daniel. I am not an economist though. My original comment referred to the visible effects of poverty (pensioners counting out coins to buy a can of beer in a conbini to give one example).

I have almost the same salary as I did 5 years ago, however in 2019, I was able to afford going to trips, hotels, save money, etc. Now the value of my salary almost halved due to hyper inflation, and I can no longer afford going to hotels, trips, etc. I pay now more than double for food, expenses, etc.

Tell me again how Japan is not becoming a poor country?

Hyperinflation is what Germany experienced in the 1920s -- Japan isn't quite that bad, yet. But I feel your pain. Life used to be better here.

We are all the victims of complacent and incompetent LDP-led governments.

Dr Nakamats is 15 years older than Joe Biden! I wonder if Koike is really 71?

But this combination of a soaring stock market/collapsing pathetic yen is just great for us foreigners as we all hold stocks and US Dollar accounts or Swiss Franc accounts etc. We are all making big money hand over fist without doing anything! Well done japan!

Well done you, but there's a downside. Newly rich foreigners could become targets/scapegoats if social inequality gets any worse here. The old money types know it isn't a good idea to flash the cash.

the problem is that he lies continuously.

Makes me grateful that I live in Japan where politicians always tell the truth.

Why is Joe looking so happy after the debate disaster? The Dems are in crisis mode.