The Secret Behind Sanna Takashita s Resounding Victory

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won

[People News] In the House of Representatives election held in Japan on February 8, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanna Takashita, not only achieved a landslide victory but also set a record for the highest number of seats won by a single party in post-war elections, securing 316 seats, which represents over two-thirds of the total. Together with the 36 seats won by the Japan Innovation Party, which is in coalition with the LDP, Takashita's ruling alliance now commands more than three-quarters of the seats in the House of Representatives.

These election results have infuriated the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and numerous analyses have indicated that the CCP's ongoing suppression of Takashita has been a crucial factor in her and the LDP's success. In a democratic society, any external threat tends to unite and strengthen the Japanese populace, making them more aware of the CCP's malevolent nature.

The decisive victory of Takashita and the LDP over the CCP also signifies that parties friendly to Beijing have emerged as the biggest losers. The centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), which is backed by the CCP, lost 118 seats; it was a new party hastily formed by the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Komeito Party. The two party representatives, Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, publicly announced on the 9th their willingness to resign in disgrace, while Saito had led a Komeito delegation to China last April, specifically to meet with Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CCP, who ranks third.

Additionally, the Japanese Communist Party and the Reiwa Shinsengumi, which maintain a more moderate stance towards the CCP, also faced significant setbacks. Both parties had 8 seats each prior to the election, but in the final results of Sunday’s election, they were left with only 4 and 1 seats, respectively.

Among the members of the Constitutional Democratic Party who lost their seats in the House of Representatives is Okada Katsuya, a prominent politician in Japan. He is known for provoking Takashita Sanae in the House, attempting to pressure her into stating, 'If Taiwan has an incident, Japan has an incident.' Okada likely did not anticipate this outcome.

According to available data, Okada graduated from the University of Tokyo and entered politics in 1988. In 1990, he successfully ran for a seat in the 39th House of Representatives general election as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. After a few years, he left the party and joined the Democratic Party, where he became the party leader in 2004 and worked to advance its development. He later served as the fourth representative of the Democratic Party, leading it to secure more votes than the Liberal Democratic Party in that year's Senate elections, and held various significant positions within the party. During this period, he also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In September 2020, he joined the Constitutional Democratic Party, and in August 2022, he was appointed Secretary-General, stepping down in September 2024 to become a permanent advisor.

Okada Katsuya is known for his pro-China stance and has made several visits to China. Most recently, from August 27 to 29, 2024, he visited Beijing as part of a delegation from the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.

As early as August 26, 2007, China Daily's 'Global Online' published an article featuring an interview with then-Democratic Party leader Okada Katsuya. In the article, Okada remarked, 'In the Democratic Party's ideology, Japan-China relations are regarded as the most important among bilateral relations. Regardless of how tight the schedule may be, I must find a way to arrange at least one visit to China each year. To enhance mutual understanding, the Democratic Party encourages its young members of parliament to visit China.'

However, the author believes that Katsuya Okada and other Japanese politicians with similar views have made a significant error by failing to differentiate between the 'Chinese Communist Party' and 'China', mistakenly equating a friendly stance towards China with a friendly stance towards the Communist Party. In fact, they may be intentionally avoiding this distinction.

The recent defeats of pro-Communist candidates in Japan's parliamentary elections and the decrease in seats for pro-Communist parties clearly reaffirm a hard rule established over the past decade: whoever the Communist Party opposes, wins! Conversely, those whom the Communist Party supports lose. This pattern of 'the Communist Party helping those who fail' has become a common occurrence in democratic elections. In other words, those who align themselves with the Communist Party end up facing misfortune.

There are four notable instances online that illustrate how the Communist Party has aided candidates: 1. In the 2016 Taiwan elections, the Communist Party's Taiwan Affairs Office vehemently criticised 'Taiwan independence', resulting in a landslide victory for the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen, who received 56% of the vote.

2. In the 2024 Taiwan elections, the Communist Party labelled Lai Ching-te as a 'Taiwan independence worker' and conducted military exercises to intimidate voters, which ultimately united the Taiwanese people and led to Lai Ching-te's successful election.

3. In the 2024 U.S. elections, the Communist Party exaggerated the 'destructive' impact of Trump's trade war, resulting in a high vote count and election victory for Trump.

4. In the 2026 Japanese elections, aside from criticising Takashi, the Communist Party imposed economic sanctions and issued travel bans, leading to a significant victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, of which Takashi is a member.

In addition to major elections, dictators supported by the Communist Party, such as Saddam in Iraq, Gaddafi in Libya, Assad in Syria, Maduro in Venezuela, and leaders of Hamas, have either disappeared or become prisoners. This raises the question: if Iran and Russia, both supported by the Communist Party, do not change their course, will they not face a similar fate?
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