Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a supermajority after gambling on a snap election

2 comments

• FrankWilhoit 18 hours ago

  Well played! But supermajorities interfere with blame-shifting.

• alephnerd 19 hours ago

  Turns out using wolf warrior diplomacy [0][1][2][3][4] to influence domestic politics severely backfires, just like we are slowly learning.

  [0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-unleashes-wolf-war...

  [1] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-b...

  [2] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-russia-discuss-ukr...

  [3] - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-airlines-...

  [4] - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-curbs-rare-...