{"id":40306,"date":"2025-07-29T12:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=40306"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:43:08","slug":"old-guard-shaken-ldps-decline-in-japans-upper-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/old-guard-shaken-ldps-decline-in-japans-upper-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Star\u00e1 garda ot\u0159esena: propad vl\u00e1dn\u00ed LDP v japonsk\u00e9 horn\u00ed komo\u0159e"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40306\" class=\"elementor elementor-40306\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dfe2632 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dfe2632\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fd15a4\" data-id=\"4fd15a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64de0b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64de0b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-64de0b54{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8bd69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be8bd69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ilustrace: Canva<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26a17628 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26a17628\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a20737c\" data-id=\"3a20737c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-773d6291 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"773d6291\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67fc4085\" data-id=\"67fc4085\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8d19d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f8d19d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p>A\u017e do lo\u0148sk\u00e9ho roku se <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/with-liberal-democrats-happily-ever-after\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zd\u00e1lo<\/a>, \u017ee pozice japonsk\u00e9 <strong>Liber\u00e1ln\u011b demokratick\u00e9 strany<\/strong> (LDP) je politicky neot\u0159esiteln\u00e1. U moci byla skoro nep\u0159etr\u017eit\u011b od roku 1955 a sv\u00e9 skand\u00e1ly zvl\u00e1dala (i d\u00edky rozt\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011bn\u00e9 opozici) relativn\u011b snadno ust\u00e1t. Japonsko tak pod jej\u00edm veden\u00edm z\u016fst\u00e1valo v\u011bt\u0161inu \u010dasu tzv. <strong>demokraci\u00ed jedn\u00e9 strany<\/strong> (v angli\u010dtin\u011b one-party democracy). Nyn\u00ed se v\u0161ak tato \u00e9ra mo\u017en\u00e1 ch\u00fdl\u00ed ke konci. Po <strong>ztr\u00e1t\u011b v\u011bt\u0161iny<\/strong> ve <strong>Sn\u011bmovn\u011b reprezentant\u016f<\/strong> (doln\u00ed komora japonsk\u00e9ho parlamentu) v \u0159\u00edjnu lo\u0148sk\u00e9ho roku <strong>ztratila<\/strong> nyn\u00ed LDP v\u011bt\u0161inu i ve <strong>Sn\u011bmovn\u011b poradc\u016f<\/strong> (horn\u00ed komora) a <strong>poprv\u00e9<\/strong> ve sv\u00e9 70let\u00e9 historii tak nem\u00e1 kontrolu ani nad jednou komorou. A nov\u00ed vyzyvatel\u00e9 jsou p\u0159itom na vzestupu!<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p>Horn\u00ed komora japonsk\u00e9ho parlamentu m\u00e1 <strong>248 k\u0159esel<\/strong>. Z\u00e1stupci jsou voleni na <strong>\u0161est let<\/strong>, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e ka\u017ed\u00e9 t\u0159i roky se obm\u011b\u0148uje <strong>121 k\u0159esel<\/strong>. LDP a jej\u00ed men\u0161\u00ed koali\u010dn\u00ed partner <strong>Komeito<\/strong> pot\u0159ebovali k udr\u017een\u00ed v\u011bt\u0161iny z\u00edskat <strong>50 k\u0159esel<\/strong>, zajistili si v\u0161ak <strong>pouze 47<\/strong>. Po volb\u00e1ch v\u0161ak pozornost upoutalo nejen to, kdo k\u0159esla ztratil, ale tak\u00e9 to, kdo je z\u00edskal, a to zejm\u00e9na s ohledem na opozi\u010dn\u00ed stranu <strong>Sanseito<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Sanseito, zalo\u017een\u00e1 v roce 2020, je <a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/articles\/-\/55913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pravicov\u011b populistick\u00e1 strana<\/a> stav\u00edc\u00ed se proti <strong>imigraci, opat\u0159en\u00edm proti COVID-19<\/strong> a <strong>pov\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9 \u00fastav\u011b Japonska.<\/strong> Jej\u00ed nacionalistick\u00e1, antiglobalistick\u00e1 a sentiment\u00e1ln\u00ed r\u00e9torika rezonuje zejm\u00e9na u nespokojen\u00e9 ml\u00e1de\u017ee. Slogan strany \u201e<strong>Japonci na prvn\u00edm m\u00edst\u011b<\/strong>\u201c, inspirovan\u00fd r\u00e9torikou Donalda Trumpa, oslovuje zejm\u00e9na ty, kte\u0159\u00ed se c\u00edt\u00ed dot\u010deni japonsk\u00fdmi protipandemick\u00fdmi opat\u0159en\u00edmi, rostouc\u00edm overturismem a t\u00edm, kam z Japonska sm\u011b\u0159uje mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed pomoc. V t\u011bchto volb\u00e1ch se Sanseito dostalo <strong>ze dvou k\u0159esel na patn\u00e1ct<\/strong> a stalo se tak \u0161estou nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed stranou v\u00a0horn\u00ed komo\u0159e.<\/p><p>Sanseito je hnut\u00ed maj\u00edc\u00ed ko\u0159eny v diskurzu nespokojen\u00e9 mlad\u00e9 generace na soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00edch. Vzniklo sou\u010dasn\u011b s <strong>\u00fanavou z pandemie<\/strong> a z odporu k nepopul\u00e1rn\u00edm opat\u0159en\u00edm, jako byla povinnost nosit rou\u0161ky, ale pokra\u010duje dodnes \u2013 kv\u016fli p\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00edm <strong>ekonomick\u00fdm probl\u00e9m\u016fm<\/strong>, <strong>rekordn\u00edm p\u0159\u00edval\u016fm turist\u016f<\/strong> a pokra\u010duj\u00edc\u00ed podpo\u0159e Japonska ciz\u00edm zem\u00edm, jako je <strong>Ukrajina<\/strong>. To v\u0161e vede p\u0159\u00edznivce hnut\u00ed k pocitu, \u017ee s cizinci je zach\u00e1zeno l\u00e9pe ne\u017e se samotn\u00fdmi Japonci a \u017ee se kultura jejich zem\u011b rychle m\u011bn\u00ed.<\/p><p>Volby do horn\u00ed komory <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/backstories\/4170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uk\u00e1zaly<\/a>, \u017ee pro mnoho lid\u00ed p\u0159edstavuje LDP <strong>\u201estarou gardu japonsk\u00e9 politiky\u201c<\/strong>, co\u017e mlad\u00e9 voli\u010de a ty, kte\u0159\u00ed nejsou spokojeni se sou\u010dasn\u00fdm stavem, vede k hled\u00e1n\u00ed alternativ. Sanseito volilo p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <strong>dvakr\u00e1t v\u00edce lid\u00ed <\/strong>ve v\u011bku od 18 do 39 let ne\u017eli LDP. Podpo\u0159ilo jej tak\u00e9 <strong>15 % neza\u0159azen\u00fdch voli\u010d\u016f<\/strong>, zat\u00edmco u LDP tak u\u010dinilo jen 12 %.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p><strong>\u0160igeru I\u0161iba<\/strong> byl loni v z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed zvolen p\u0159edsedou LDP, aby obnovil d\u016fv\u011bryhodnost strany po velk\u00e9m <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/falling-stars-in-the-land-of-the-rising-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">korup\u010dn\u00edm skand\u00e1lu<\/a>. Prezentoval se jako reform\u00e1tor usiluj\u00edc\u00ed o \u201e<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/japan-pm-calls-snap-election-to-create-a-new-japan-\/7815964.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>vytvo\u0159en\u00ed nov\u00e9ho Japonska<\/strong><\/a>\u201c a sl\u00edbil, \u017ee bude \u0159e\u0161it <strong>inflaci<\/strong>, <strong>n\u00edzk\u00e9 mzdy<\/strong> i <strong>demografickou krizi<\/strong>. I\u0161iba, kter\u00e9mu bylo v t\u00e9 dob\u011b 67 let (nyn\u00ed 68), m\u011bl stran\u011b zajistit hlasy t\u00edm, \u017ee bude uvnit\u0159 LDP p\u0159edstavovat <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/will-japan-feel-the-wind-of-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">z\u00e1van nov\u00e9ho v\u011btru<\/a>. Za necel\u00fd rok v\u0161ak LDP ztratila svou dominantn\u00ed roli v obou komor\u00e1ch parlamentu. P\u0159edseda Sanseito <strong>Sohej Kamija<\/strong> (47 let) tak <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/backstories\/4164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vid\u00ed<\/a> p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost pro budouc\u00ed koalici mal\u00fdch stran evropsk\u00e9ho typu, pokud bude jeho blok d\u00e1le r\u016fst.<\/p><p>Navzdory ne\u00fasp\u011bchu ve volb\u00e1ch do horn\u00ed komory parlamentu je premi\u00e9r I\u0161iba <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/20250722_02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">odhodl\u00e1n<\/a> z\u016fstat ve funkci a pokra\u010dovat v hled\u00e1n\u00ed konsensu s opozi\u010dn\u00edmi stranami v <strong>jednotliv\u00fdch politick\u00fdch ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch<\/strong>. V r\u00e1mci LDP, v\u010detn\u011b jej\u00ed ml\u00e1de\u017enick\u00e9 organizace, v\u0161ak s\u00edl\u00ed hlasy <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/20250725_20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">volaj\u00edc\u00ed<\/a> po <strong>odstoupen\u00ed I\u0161iby a dal\u0161\u00edch vedouc\u00edch p\u0159edstavitel\u016f <\/strong>strany, nebo alespo\u0148 po <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/20250725_10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">svol\u00e1n\u00ed<\/a> ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed sch\u016fze, na kter\u00e9 by se projednala jeho odpov\u011bdnost za por\u00e1\u017eku ve volb\u00e1ch. V\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pozornost nyn\u00ed dost\u00e1vaj\u00ed tak\u00e9 I\u0161ibovi oponenti z lo\u0148sk\u00fdch voleb na p\u0159edsedu strany.<\/p><p>I\u0161iba cht\u011bl vytvo\u0159it nov\u00e9 Japonsko a zd\u00e1 se, \u017ee ono skute\u010dn\u011b vznik\u00e1. Ot\u00e1zkou je, zda a jak dlouho budou LDP a samotn\u00fd I\u0161iba p\u0159\u00edmou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed tohoto procesu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration: Canva Ilustrace: Canva What is happening? Until last year, Japan\u2019s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) seemed politically unshakeable. In power almost continuously since 1955, it weathered scandals with relative ease, shielded by a fragmented opposition. Japan, for the most part, remained a so-called one-party democracy under its leadership. But that era may be ending. 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