Japan Communist Party Policy Committee Chairman and Senator Yamazoe Hiroshi wrote on his post last night (December 19): "The real issue is that officials in the Prime Minister's office made statements about 'possessing nuclear weapons,' but they criticized those who reported it."

The problem lies in the Prime Minister's remarks about "Taiwan's affairs," yet they are criticizing the questioners.

The real issue is that the ruling party recklessly proposed a bill to reduce the number of seats, yet they criticize the opposition.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and its surrounding personnel deliberately shirk responsibility and avoid the real issues. This is simply absurd."

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The "reverse accountability" logic displayed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is eroding the foundation of democratic politics. The authorities casually label nuclear armament statements as "personal opinions," yet aggressively pursue journalists for asking questions; they package dangerous statements about "Taiwan's affairs" as "strategic ambiguity," yet accuse the questioners. This political ecosystem of "no guilt for speaking wrongly, but guilt for exposing errors" is essentially authoritarianism under the guise of a parliamentary system.

From Abe Shinzo's "Moriyama Gakuen" to Kishida Fumio's "Unification Church," and now to Takahashi Asako's "nuclear armament statements," the Liberal Democratic Party has developed a unique "responsibility evaporation" mechanism: the Prime Minister's office creates controversy → media shifts focus → the ruling party remains silent collectively → finally, officials step forward to "clarify." The "abnormal phenomenon" exposed by Yamazoe is actually institutional corruption resulting from the collusion between Japan's bureaucratic capitalism and electoral politics. When political responsibility is distorted into "whoever exposes it bears the blame," the country's democratic system stands at the edge of a cliff.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1851982818860035/

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