IMAGINE (article 9)
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Showing posts with label political poster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political poster. Show all posts
7 August 2010
31 August 2009
August 30, Election Day
August 30, Election Day
Originally uploaded by nofrills
Click on the image and read the notes for language tips.
A public announcement poster for the General Election 2009.
I like this simple and well-designed poster. This girl is not somebody famous; she's probably a model, and she's a perfect "girl nextdoor". They usually employ a famous actor to attract attention, or use stupid "manga"-ish characters, to make a bad poster.
Party Posters (a left-wing wall)
Party Posters (a left-wing wall)
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Two left-wing national political parties in Japan (共産党 and 社民党), one left-ish local small party in Tokyo (生活者ネットワーク) and one centrist party (民主党).
Don't believe the American mainstream media's lazy propaganda: 民主党, or the Liberal Party of Japan, is NOT on the leftside of the political spectrum. (If they are, the Liberal Democtrats are on the left, too - they have had Keynesian policy for a long time.)
The LPJ are just another centrist party made up of 1) ex-LDP members (conservatives, nationalists, ultra-nationalists) and 2) ex-Social Democratic Something members (they indeed are on the left, but not very influential even within the LPJ itself). The NYT's article was one of the worst I've read on this election. They didn't even know the LPJ are now not against the "war on terror". (They used to be strongly against it.) The UK's Times and the Guardian have had good articles published.
I intentionally avoided two other political parties linked to religious organisations (公明党 and 幸福実現党). 公明党 (Komei Party), which is currently part of the ruling coalition, is thought to be the political wing of a large religious organisation (Soka Gakkai). 幸福実現党 is a very new political party which really is a political wing of a new religion (新宗教, which can be roughly translated as "cult").
Party Posters (LDP)
Party Posters (LDP)
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自民党 (the Liberal Democratic Party - they really should rename themselves as the Conservative Majority-loving Party). They are going to lose their position after all these five or six decades. (I don't count Hosokawa gov't because it was too short.)
At the last election, in 2005, the LDP (under Koizumi, who was known as an "eccentric" and "artistic" person) employed a skilled graphic designer. But this time, there they are! The good old CONSERVATIVE, BORING, and STALE LDP!!
A Party Poster
A Party Poster
Originally uploaded by nofrills
国民新党 (the People's New Party) is a relatively new party formed by not-new-at-all jokes, erm, political veterans who are largely conservative and populist.
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Political Party Posters (archive):
whatiseehere.blogspot.com/search/label/political%20poster
24 September 2007
The wretched
The wretched
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, 15 September 2007 - three days after Mr Shinzo Abe of the LDP (Jimin To) said he would step down.
This is a rubbish collection point. Two cardboard boxes and one LDP poster board.
If only there were some more red... No 2
If only there were some more red... No 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, 15 September 2007 - three days after Mr Abe expressed his will to step down as the prime minister.
For description, see another photo:
flickr.com/photos/nofrills/1424273155/
If only there were some more red... No 1
If only there were some more red... No 1
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, 15 September 2007. See notes for some language tips.
Well, I decided to make my kind of documentary after the Upper House election (on 28 July 2007) and looked for the two main party's posters on my way. This poster was for the election. The old man below is a veteran LDP lawmaker, Mr Sanzo Hosaka, who failed to be elected this time.
What I find funny is the LDP Tokyo were planning a gathering for "2016 Tokyo Olympic Games" on 31st July 2007 - three days after the election. They must have expected an up-beat meeting of the "2016 Tokyo" supporters. I have no idea about how it turned out, but I don't think the LDP were happy after the heavy loss - the control of the Upper House had gone to the opposition.
Even after the heavy loss at the election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was, well, defiant. He said it was his duty to carry on. He reminded me of Mr Tony Blair in 2005, although Abe is still worse than Bliar as a politician.
He went to the Apec summit in Sydney, Australia, where he showed us the fact that he was a good friend of the American president, etc etc. Less than a week later, on the 10th September, Mr Abe made his policy speech at the House of Representatives. Everyone thought he was to carry on. The opposition parties were preparing their questions to ask the prime minister.
And then, alas! On 12th September, on the very day he was supposed to answer the opposition questions, Mr Abe suddenly said he was going to step down! We have never heard a PM stepping down after making a policy speech without answering questions!!
This is why we think he is irresponsible.
The Diet (national congress) has been suspended since then, and the irresponsible Abe has been in hospital because he is sick in stomach. Sick in stomach? Well, I would like to express my sympathy for the hardships suffered by the prime minister... (click on the link and you will see that I am joking.)
Anyway, this farce is going to end today. The governing Liberal Democrats are going to choose a new party president, which means we will have our new prime minister. I'm not a LDP member so I don't have a say. (To tell the truth, I am totally fed up with the "new PM election" farce on the mainstream media.)
*POSTED on NoCommentNews:
www.nocommentnews.com/view.php?id=1982
"Here I am, and my name is Nagatsuma" poster
"Here I am, and my name is Nagatsuma" poster
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, 15 September 2007. Click on the pic and see notes for some language tips.
Well, I decided to make my kind of documentary after the Upper House election (on 28 July 2007) and looked for the two main party's posters on my way.
This poster is for Mr Akira Nagatsuma, a Liberal Party MP for the Lower House, who has been doing great job as an opposition lawmaker. He has a lot to say.
But the poster has too much - who can read all these words while walking by?
Ozawa poster No 3
Ozawa poster No 3
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, 15 September 2007. See notes for some language tips.
Well, I decided to make my kind of documentary after the Upper House election (on 28 July 2007) and looked for the two main party's posters on my way.
I have no idea when it's posted. They use the same photo as the other poster, but use different (a bit funnier) words. I think this is an after-the-election-win poster, which shows he's waiting for the next big move...
Compare with an Abe/LDP poster, which seems ... well, he's resigned.
Ozawa poster close-up No 2
Ozawa poster close-up No 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A close-up of this poster. See note by clicking on the pic for the katakana.
Compare with a close-up of another poster.
Ozawa poster close-up No 1
Ozawa poster close-up No 1
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A close-up photo of this poster. Just for some kanji fan. (Click on the pic and see the notes.)
Ozawa poster combination No 2
Ozawa poster combination No 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, at the end of August 2007. See notes by clicking on the pic for some language tips.
Well, I decided to make my kind of documentary after the Upper House election (on 28 July 2007) and looked for the two main party's posters on my way.
As with another pair of Ozawa posters from the same week, the top one looks pretty new - probably one month old (they must have put this just before the election). The other one (smiling Ozawa) looks older - faded and losing the red colour - and it shows the date "4th July 2007". (Mr Ozawa's speaking tour.)
Compare with an Abe/LDP poster which I suppose is as old as these Ozawa posters.
Ozawa poster combination No 1
Ozawa poster combination No 1
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A street in Tokyo, at the end of August 2007. See notes by clicking on the picture for some language tips.
Well, I decided to make my kind of documentary after the Upper House election (on 28 July 2007) and looked for the two main party's posters on my way.
The top one looks pretty new - but I don't think they put it after the election so it's at least one-month old. The one (smiling Ozawa) looks a bit older. I also posted another pair of Ozawa posters from the same week.
Compare with an Abe/LDP poster which I suppose is as old as these Ozawa posters.
4 August 2007
1 August 2007
29 July 2007
Election Posters (Tokyo)
Election Posters (Tokyo)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
See notes for more details.
We'll have an election tomorrow (29 July 2007). It's for the House of Councillors. At elections, all the posters should be put on this official board, according to the election laws.
[UPDATE: 30 July 2007]
The results came over night. Of the twenty candidates in Tokyo (some of them don't have their posters on this board), five are elected, whom I've marked as "notes" on the picture. The largest opposition, the Liberal Party (LJP), took two out of five. One seat went to an incubent member from the Komei Party, which is no surprise. An independent candidate, Mr Kawada, took one seat. And surprisingly, the LDP failed to get their incubent member through but the newbie-cutie Ms Marukawa did win a seat.
Overall, the election's result is a sweet victory for the Liberal Party of Japan. At the same time, it is a nightmare for the the governing Liberal Democrat Party, who are not liberal or democratic in my view. They have lost the control of the Upper House for the first time in fifteen years or so. This must be hard, even if not unbearable, for the prime minister Shinzo Abe, who is a grandson of Nobusuke Kishi (a war criminal) and Kan Abe (a pre-war era pacifist), and a son of a former foreign minister.
The Financial Times has published a good article, "Japan’s voters give Abe a thrashing":
www.ft.com/cms/s/620ca81e-3dfa-11dc-8f6a-0000779fd2ac.html
According to the reports, the turnout was 58.64 per cent, which is relatively high -- you may have read how Japanese voters are lazy, and it is sadly true. Shinzo Abe's arrogant government has "reformed" educational principles, and wants to "reform" our constitution, which will change Japan for ever, but less than 60 per cent of voters had their say. Don't say it's "because the Japanese are shy" or "they can't say no". 40 per cent are not interested. 40 per cent do not think their votes would change anything. I think this is what is called "apathy".
The left-wingers, the Social Democrats and the Communist Party, are now totally marginalised. Their decline bagan years ago, but this time, it's ultimate. I think they should have joined together if they were to defend the Article Nine. Both the LDP and the LJP are willing to get rid of the Article Nine, while the majority of the Japanese people want to keep it (according to a recent poll).
Colombia's equinoXio digital magazine kindly used this pic for their article on this election in Japan:
http://www.equinoxio.org/?p=1684
The OpenDemocracy.Net kindly used this pic on their front page for their article by Andrew Stevens:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/institutions_government/
japan_election
A Street View with an Election Poster Board
A Street View with an Election Poster Board
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
We'll have an election tomorrow (29 July 2007). It's for the House of Councillors.
At elections, all the posters should be put on this official board, according to the election laws.
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