It would be nice to see a privatization of the Japanese postal savings and re-defining of Article 9 of their Constitution.
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Might this put Japan at increased risk for an Al Quaeda attack in the manner of that preceding the Spanish elections? A good showing by Koizumi might be interpreted as an affirmation of his pro-US Iraq policy (although it probably would not be reported that way by the US press - however a bad showing by Koizumi would almost certainly be reported in the US as a defeat for President Bush and the US Iraq coalition).
PM Koizumi has been close to America and from Asia which previous PMs of Japan were more concerned about China. This was not good for America, concerning the underground Cold War II against China. The Japanese liberal media continued to bash the PM that Japan should be more close to China and Asia rather than US which they claim to be a puppet of US. The Japanese liberal media has continued to attempt to brainwash its citizens to create pro-China motivations. Recent anti-Japan protests in China has decreased the bond of the two, but the liberal media continues to attempt decreasing the damage while bashing America. There has to be something to be done with this by claiming China's attempt to politically colonize Japan using the liberal media as their propaganda.
The LDP has been central-right party, but it also contains pro-China factions. The cuurent election will probably strenghten the pro-American factions and weaken the central and pro-China factions. This is very good news for America if PM could get rid of the pro-China factions and members which opposed the postal reform. However, there are going to be some centrists that are going to be wiped out as well. The major opponent is the Japanese Democratic Party. This party is similar to the American Democratic Party. LDP is named as liberal, but is more conservative than any other parties. The remainings are Communist Party, Socialist Democratic Party, and the Koumei Party. The Koumei Party is relatively Pro-China, and that is one problem for the LDP. All except LDP is leftist, and maybe Democratic would be central-left compared to the other leftist party. Concerning the future threats of the Socialist Democratic Party and the Communist Party, it may be rather a gain for these two to be wiped out which once has been a major opponent of LDP. The parliament is moving toward bipolar, containing LDP and Democratic Party while others continue a trend to shrink. If the Koumei Party follows the trend, the system might be pretty similar to the style of US with Republican and Democratic Party, excluding the fact that the Japanese head will be the Prime Minister and not a President.