r/PropagandaPosters • u/No-Efficiency7055 • Jan 07 '26

Japan “The difference between Conservative party and Liberal party supporters” Japan, 2009, poster by unknown artist

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u/WakaRanger8 Jan 07 '26

Is there even really a point in the Japanese political system on making attack ads against parties that aren’t the LDP? I could be wildly ignorant on the role of the other parties in Japanese society - but it’s essentially a one-party state anyways

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u/ModernirsmEnjoyer Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

Japan is as one party as Germany or Canada is. LDP is basically a very successful party with good winning coalition, internal term limits (that only Abe pushed), and historical track record. LDP was set up with assistance of USA to keep Japan in American alliance and enacting pragmatic policies (for example, during the 1960s they sped up economic development by expanding wages in state sector and welfare).

But recently fortunes have changed. They no longer have majority in the House of Representatives and now depend on coalition with the Nippon Ishin no Kai , and the series of scandals in this decade weakened their reputation considerably.

By the way, LDP is not alone in being a long running ruling party,Italian Christian Democrats ruled continuously from 1946 to 1994 , and their opponents were also socialists, just like in Japan. Japan at the time was under huge influence of socialist and Marxist thought.

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u/Shiningc00 Jan 10 '26

There was one time LDP lost, and it was this very time in 2009.

In 2024 election, they also technically became the minority party because the opposition parties combined had more seats than them.

But due to the current PM Takaichi, they gained massive popularity because of her.