Is Japan in political chaos now?

At present, the variables of the world economy are increasing. Previously, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the high international oil and food prices have brought a big impact on Japan's already depressed economy, making it almost enter the depression road again. Fukuda announced his resignation at this time, which undoubtedly made the Japanese economy worse and even made the whole society lack confidence in Japan's future development.

The 72-year-old Yasuo Fukuda is the eldest son of former Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo and high flyers, a political and economic major at Waseda University. In September 2007, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation, Yasuo Fukuda was elected as the new Prime Minister.

And Shinzo Abe, who also didn't sit in the position of prime minister for a long time, obviously didn't leave much political capital for Fukuda to rally. On the contrary, he encountered a lot of troubles in the early days of Fukuda's appointment.

One of the biggest "historical burdens" is that during Abe's administration, the Liberal Democratic Party failed in the Senate election, which made the Senate fall into the control of the opposition party, forming a situation in which the House of Representatives was the ruling party and the Senate was the opposition party.

The Japanese parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The prime minister is generally the chairman of the majority party in the House of Representatives, while the Senate acts as a check on the House of Representatives. However, the fact that Fukuda's opposition Senate is "bigger than Xiao Ye" has laid the groundwork for his inability to implement policies in the future.

Liu Jiangyong, deputy director of Tsinghua University Institute of International Studies, told this reporter that in this distorted and contradictory structure, when the government passes bills, resolutions and budgets, it needs to submit plans to Congress for deliberation. At this time, it is often passed by the House of Representatives and rejected by the Senate.

"The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and the Citizens Party occupy more than two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives. For bills rejected by the Senate, they can use a majority of seats to reconsider and pass, but usually they will not use this method, because frequent use of this' killer' will make the people think that the Senate is useless and the House of Representatives is dominant. "

Another headache for Yasuo Fukuda is that an interim parliament will be held in the middle and late September to consider his supplementary budget to stimulate economic prosperity and the extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Act. If the latter fails, Japan will not be able to send its Self-Defense Forces to the Indian Ocean to supply oil to the US military in June 2008 +065438+ this year 10, which will also affect Fukuda's prestige in foreign affairs. So the Fukuda regime has been struggling.

Worse may yet come.

According to the current situation, the Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in Japan, has constantly raised strong dissatisfaction with the ruling party and demanded that the House of Representatives general election be held again. Under normal circumstances, the general election of the House of Representatives is held every four years. This general election of the House of Representatives should be held in September next year. However, if the structure of the Senate and the House of Representatives is so distorted that the Prime Minister encounters difficulties in administration, the opposition party will further question Fukuda's ability to control the cabinet, force the cabinet to hand over power, and dissolve the House of Representatives for early elections, which will be the last thing Fukuda wants to see.

"He has been criticized for poor governance. If the general election is held in advance, the Liberal Democratic Party is likely to lose the House of Representatives, and Fukuda will be accused and even more embarrassed. " Liu Jiangyong analyzed that Prime Minister Fukuda, who was unwilling to fight, suddenly announced his resignation under such circumstances.