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New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing party’s policies even as critics said the vote comes far too soon.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Something I stumbled upon while reading about this party:

From the 1950s to the early 1970s, the United States Central Intelligence Agency spent millions of dollars to aid the LDP against leftist parties such as the Socialists and the Communists, although this was not revealed until the mid-1990s when it was exposed by The New York Times. Details remain classified, while available documents show connections to prime ministers Nobusuke Kishi and Eisaku Satō from the Satō–Kishi–Abe family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_%28Japan%29?wprov=sfla1

[-] basmati@lemmus.org 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The CIA using violence, intimidation, and ridiculous amounts of money they make by selling drugs even in 2024, has worked to suppress left wing political parties, countries, and individuals, even going as far as overthrowing democratically elected governments because they didn't cooperate with the far right fascist-imperialist power known as the United States?

I'm shocked!

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