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COMMENT: Japan­ese Prime Min­is­ter Ishi­ba has announced his res­ig­na­tion. Two of Japan’s Nazi ide­o­logues are dri­ving an “LDP redux.”

The Lib­er­al Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty has been the dri­ving vehi­cle for post-World War II Japan­ese fas­cism (mas­querad­ing as “con­ser­vatism.”)

We dis­cussed the Nazi incli­na­tion of Taro Aso and Sanae Takaichi in FTR#969.

In addi­tion to finance min­is­ter (and deputy prime-min­is­ter) Taro Aso, for­mer defense min­is­ter Tomi Ina­da and inte­ri­or min­is­ter Sanae Takaichi are appar­ent expo­nents of Nazi polit­i­cal method­ol­o­gy. ” . . . . Ina­da made news ear­lier this month after pho­tos cir­cu­lated of her and anoth­er female in the new cab­i­net pos­ing with a neo-Nazi par­ty leader. Both denied know­ing the neo-Nazi well but lat­er were revealed to have con­tributed blurbs for an adver­tise­ment prais­ing the out-of-print book Hitler’s Elec­tion Strategy. Coin­ci­den­tally, Vice-Prime Min­is­ter [and Finance Minister–D.E.],Taro Aso, is also a long-time admir­er of Nazi polit­i­cal strat­egy, and has sug­gested Japan fol­low the Nazi Par­ty tem­plate to sneak con­sti­tu­tional change past the pub­lic. . . . it is a lit­tle wor­ri­some that [Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter] Sanae Takaichi . . . is the oth­er female min­is­ter who was pho­tographed with a neo-Nazi leader and is a fan of Hitler. . .”

“Japan’s Prime Min­is­ter Ishi­ba after his par­ty suf­fered his­toric defeat in July elec­tion” [AP]; pbs.org; Sept. 7, 2025. 

. . . . Taro Aso, a con­ser­v­a­tive heavy­weight known for his anti-Ishi­ba stance, and a min­is­ter and sev­er­al deputy min­is­ters in the Ishi­ba Cab­i­net request­ed an ear­ly vote, prompt­ing oth­ers to fol­low suit. . . .

. . . . Pos­si­ble can­di­dates to replace Ishi­ba include . . . ultra-con­ser­v­a­tive for­mer eco­nom­ic secu­ri­ty min­is­ter Sanae Takaichi . . .