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The right wing populist party sanseito and rise of populist policies is also driven by younger voters (below 50) in Japan. For those who don’t follow Japanese politics closely, the Liberal Democratic Party has been in power for decades and moves in what ever direction it needs to to maintain power. Far right Sanseito influenced Japanese politices enough since 2020 to push Japan in that direction, because the LDP just absorbs the platform of contenders.

Disenfranchised voters below 50 in a country that’s be stagnant or declining for 35 years. Not just elderly like you might think. Now the boogeyman scapegoat is foreigners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanseitō

"The speech of the party is emotionally rather than logically appealing. Therefore, they appeal to the sensibilities of the politically inexperienced and have increased their support.

According to Japanese political analyst Hiroo Hagino, the party is supported by the younger population, who have become disappointed with politics centred on the elderly. According to a JNN survey, a higher proportion of young people voted for Sanseitō in the last election than other demographics. Some Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officials expressed worry that they might lose votes because both parties have conservative policies. Most of the Sanseitō voters did not support the Kishida government. The appeal of Sanseitō among young people is partly linked to the social crisis Japan is currently experiencing. Growing inequality due to slowing growth since the 1990s and persistent inflation, which is eroding purchasing power, have dampened the hopes for the future of younger generations, many of whom do not have permanent jobs."

Food for thought: https://brander.ca/range/

Replace Your Range With a Modular Kitchen

Three years for us, now, and we’ve never looked back. My wife loves to cook, is brilliant at it, bakes bread, does a fabulous holiday turkey. And we just do not need a “range” that combines an oven with a stove.

We gave up on the “range” concept when ours died twice, with every important part of it in perfect working order. Except, that is, for the tiny circuit board, that overheated a chip, or something, and refused to tell the perfectly-good components to turn on. The first repair was $1000, and the repairman said if it happened again, give up - just buy a new $2000 range. It failed again. We replaced it with what you see below, instead.

We tried out a single-burner first, so we have just three. When that one dies, we’ll replace with another double-burner. Either way, they run about $70-$80 US per burner.

The praises of “induction” have been sung elsewhere. I won’t compete, just say “It’s all true in our experience; induction is the best”.

I’m jealous of those shopping for induction now: options have multiplied like crazy since we purchased. It’s a hot area of innovation, if I may be forgiven the remark.

Finding your own steel table, or perhaps your own solution with a carpenter, is left to the taste of the homemakers. Connie built this from a kit that came home in the car.

The 220V adapter-plug allows you to run two double-induction cooktops totalling over 4500 Watts, off your old stove plug.

After a lot of shopping, we concluded the Wolf oven was the top product, and since we were saving $2000, shrugged at paying $700 for it.

And, crucially, this solution is modular. The cooktops are by far the most-used part; they may go every ten years. But also the cheapest part!

We probably wouldn’t use the roaster oven down there on the floor, that’s just where to store it. But that’s another value of modularity: we can take it out to the patio, to cook a roast in summer, and not heat up the kitchen!

Similarly, it’s just one minute’s work to take one or two cooktops from here, to another counter, so that two people can work at once.

So:

• It’s cheaper to buy to start with;
• It’s cheaper to replace, by far, just one part at a time, as different things wear out, rather than a single point of failure sending $2000 in mostly-good appliance to a junkyard;
• It saves energy.
• Every part can come home in a car back-seat; no delivery costs.

While you’re going induction, go “no range” while you’re at it.