The Longevity of LDP and the Role of the People

The longevity of the lliberal democratic party is one of the biggest question in
Japanese politics in spite of the fact that it recently lacks favor from the the Japanese population. Based on Ethan Scheiner's discussion there are several reasons why LDP has remained strong in Japan's politics. LDP has certainly helped Japan build sustainable economics and has somehow continually tries to establish good image with the public by resolving social issues like gender gaps. Scheiner also explained the advantages of LDP representative's over other candidates.

Apart from the explanation made by Scneider, I would like to focus on one of the reasons why the LDP has stayed in power for so long - and this is the Culture of Japan Politics. Based on some studies more Japanese have become more conservative and traditional inn choosing their political leaders. Voters who are attached to their traditional cultural values are more likely to entrust the incumbent government rather than throw the incumbent party out of the government. Japanese citizens still considered LDP as long time running prominent political leaders. This implies that those Japanese who would be more submissive to political authority were more likely to vote for the LDP .

In the documentary by Kazuhiro Soda, it gives emphasis on the “desire of people maintain a ‘pipeline’ as discussed by Scheiner. It is important to obtain a linkage between local and national politicians. A local politicial would serve as a connection for local people to voice out their needs to the government. This idea is what LDP is trying to campaign for.

I therefore conclude that the Japanese people have a huge role for the longevity of LDP to Japanese Politics. The party is aware that their dominance would still be based on the voters, that is why their focus is to connect with them. True that as years pass by, LDP has becoming unpopular but the thought of the fact that LDP is still the pioneer and has made a lot of contributions for the nation, the people continuously supporting them and considering them as a strong foundation of Japanese government.