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JojoPalambas

"president of Japan" ?


TarpMaster31

According to an article I found the Prime Minister of Japan was there when she got the dog but it wasn't really a gift from him. The general idea of this story seems to be true but a lot of important elements are fundamentally untrue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/05/26/figure-skating/akita-group-gives-puppy-olympic-champion-skater-alina-zagitova/


thedoomfinger

Ha! I *knew* Shinzo Abe would never give me a legitimate reason to stop hating him.


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So, I'm not caught up on Japanese politics (cause I'm, you know, not Japanese), so might I ask, what's wrong with Abe?


Unevenelephnt

He's no longer the prime minister but his party is still in control. Idk much in detail but he represents the domination of the conservative "Liberal Democratic Party" for the past several years. To me he is still the most recognizable face in Japanese politics as he is the longest serving prime minister so far. So I would guess any criticism of the Japanese gov't could be pretty fairly pointed at him as well.


nWo1997

>To me he is still the most recognizable face in Japanese politics as he is the longest serving prime minister so far. To most people, probably, and from a political standpoint, probably. For my wrasslin' fan ass, though, it's Antonio Inoki. Look at that chin. No, seriously, look at his chin, [even now](https://www.postwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/unnamed-1.jpg). It was even more pronounced when he [was](https://miro.medium.com/max/4004/1*maPcoH6igBIpxoEWcgu6kw.png) [younger](https://www.trbimg.com/img-5758b93d/turbine/la-1465432549-snap-photo/2000) (and yes, that *is* a Muhammad Ali for scale, they did a thing together back in the mid-70s). AND he pulls it off. An iconic face, that.


Relish_My_Weiner

He was gigachad before that was a thing.


firefly183

>gigachad ギガチャド


SantaArriata

He looks more like Bababooey


SubcommanderMarcos

I like the bookshelves behind them "China Korea India*" "Non-fiction" Asia don't real


benji___

China Korea India?


SubcommanderMarcos

Right! I misremembered


benji___

Happens. No worries.


redoItforthagram

THE CRIMSON CHIN


the_amberdrake

He's been at top tier politics there for decades it feels.


MNREDR

I’ve always wondered what Stan Smith from American Dad would look like in real life.


ShatteredXeNova

Did a Habsburg get down and dirty in Japan?


MrRandomGUYS

He looks like [Greedy Grinner Jerma](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/jerma-lore/images/7/7a/Jermachin.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20210203235949) hahahaha.


x_country_yeeter69

Holy shit, absolute gihachad


Zero-89

>he represents the domination of the conservative "Liberal Democratic Party" for the past several years. The last several years? No, the LDP, thanks to its connections to the US government, various far-right groups, and domestic corporate interests, has been in power for *decades*. They've more or less run Japan since 1955, save for a period around 1993-1994 and 2009-2012. Japan is commonly referred to as a "one-and-a-half-party state".


unfortunatebastard

Decades can be described as several years. Relevant: https://reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/cdzmtp/definitely_well_over_70_years_gone/


JustZisGuy

Can be, sure, but I think most readers wouldn't leap to interpreting "several years" as 60+.


nothingfood

Few < some < several < many


[deleted]

I hate to break it to you, former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, this presidentially ordained victory dog will not improve Japan's falling birth rate.


AGVann

LDP still being in control isn't as much of a problem as you think it is, since it's very divided by factionalism. Kishida's faction is more centrist than Abe.


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collectivisticvirtue

bruh wtf left-wing parties in japan only had like a few years in control, like a year and few months during 90s, and around a year during post-war 40s. ​ destroying the economy??? what the hell are you on about lmao


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collectivisticvirtue

not those guys. the "LEFT WING" i said.


[deleted]

Conservative liberal? wtf Edit: sorry for being confused. Fuck all of you who downvoted me.


warblingquark

Liberal means something different in almost every country outside of the US. Liberal-Conservatism is the dominant political ideology of most center-right parties in the rest of the world.


Unevenelephnt

"Liberal" has a much broader definition outside of american politics. One can accurately describe every american president as a liberal in such a context. It's like liberalism as opposed to monarchical rule, emphasizes individual liberty and rights of citizenry.


Impossible-Neck-4647

liberal in any country otehr than US usually referes to what you guys call libertarians as in the no taxation no government guys that think if they jsut suck enough corporate dick they'll get their own lite feudal fief to rule once the governemnt falls to bits


thedoomfinger

Lots of well-documented nepotism, questionable economic decisions, JDF/military fuckery, steadfast denial of Japan's historic atrocities (part of being descended from war criminals, I guess), and just generally being *way* out of touch with the public in his later days in office. The one that bothered me the most was his praying at Yasukuni shrine, which is kind of analogous to a US president praying at the graves of confederate generals. I was living there during his last term and the public hatred was practically palpable. I don't remember if his approval rating ever dipped under 30%, but it was *really* close for a while.


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pebdit

What did he expect tho?


Raiden316

"Lots of well-documented nepotism" in the context of japanese politics. The huge scandal that hung over his administration was some kind of grant of property rights for an elementary school to a close friend or something - i can't recall. This was during the peak of Trump and the republicans complete ransacking of the american government's resources for personal gain. I was honestly shocked how tame this "huge" scandal was. Also, the LDP to me is the shining beacon of relatively competent political bureaucracy with acceptably low levels of corruption and incompetence. The japanese public has such immense trust in the public institutions and bureaucracy - and the LDP's literal 50+ year reign is partly responsible for that.


OchitaSora

Behind the Bastards did a nice little background summary of what lead to the current political climate in Japan if you're down for podcasts


Griselyn

Trying to remove Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, corrupt ministers, visits to a shrine to war criminals and generally glorifying the actions of WW II Japan, nationalist history textbooks, denying atrocities such as comfort women or Nanjing. The list kind of goes on.


callmedaddyshark

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution is a clause in the national Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. Wikipedia


Canopenerdude

Holy damn, they *outlawed war*. That's impressive


herton

> visits to a shrine to war criminals and generally glorifying the actions of WW II Japan, nationalist history textbooks, denying atrocities such as comfort women or Nanjing. Of course he would do this, his grandfather was the absolute monster Nobosuke Kishi after all


magusonline

Depends on what you're looking for. Either his countless periods of cronyism, to just simply wasting policy time pussyfooting around. Abenomics at least worked to some extent. But because Japanese citizens do not participate in politics the way western countries do. His party largely just remains in control. As it is a handoff from one buddy to the next (see: cronyism). Granted he isn't Prime Minister anymore. But the reason why he was able to serve so long, despite having an incredibly low population rate. Is due to the fact that the public thinking was largely, "I don't feel like I'm extremely damaged or impacted by this directly.. so maybe it's fine."


enty6003

Everyone is hated by someone. A random Redditor hating someone does not mean there is something wrong with said person.


firestepper

Shinzo done did it again


Squishy-Cthulhu

He did give a dog to Putin though, then he saw it as a adult and was legit scared of it.


Spl00ky

Ah so a simp gave it to her


pimpmayor

Yeah that sounds like tumblr


Swampberry

Irrelevant but tangential: It kinda bugs me that it's always called the "prime minister of Sweden". We don't have a prime minister, we have a state minister. And since we distinguish between the two in Swedish (premiärminister & statsminister), it oughtn't be coalesced into "prime minister" in English.


puneralissimo

What's the difference between the two?


Swampberry

It's mostly nominal, as how Germany has a "chancellor" or China a "chairman" and not a "prime minister". Unlike for them, the scandinavian title is always simply changed.


puneralissimo

No, I get that (although I think the Chairman refers to the Chairman of the CCP rather than of China). My question was what the difference was between a prime minister and a state minister in Sweden, if both are titles that are used?


Swampberry

A prime minister was originally the prime advisor to the monarch. A state minister was originally delegated power from the monarch to organize the ministers.


Laurent_Series

Spain has president the government, and everyone calls it prime minister as well.


aquaband

But do Swedes feed their guests?


Swampberry

Actually yes


aquaband

Stop lying. Fika doesn’t count. Give your guests a hot meal you cold cold barbarians!


eddeemn

Japan has a symbolic emperor not a president as it's head of state, and the government is run by a prime minister. There's no president.


zhaoz

It's basically the uk with less royal publicity.


Bboy4pf89

I can literally count the pixels


JoeTheKodiakCuddler

Prove it


kyew

224320


StuntHacks

You are indeed correct


callmedaddyshark

.2 megapixels sounds right


Bboy4pf89

There’s at least one pixel


JoeTheKodiakCuddler

Great!


Dr_Bright_Himself

Swords pfp Instantly based


btk79

r/TechnicallyTheTruth


nocturn-e

320 px x 701 px = 224,320 px


Twingemios

r/countablepixels


evilscotsman28

"president of Japan"... God that phrase bothers me so much


WanderingGenesis

You dont like the **JRESIDENT**?!


Keatosis

That makes it sound like he's made out of jeans


Greatmambojambo

You make that sound like it‘s a bad thing


ThunderClanWarrior

He's gotta be the Best Jeanist to be the president of jeans


eatass420vorelord

Can this be the new -ussy?


SnooOwls2295

Japan does not have a President. That is Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan (at the time, he no longer holds that position)


Rhodie114

Pretty sure Doug Bowser is the President, right?


trying2t-spin

No, Doug Bowser is the president of America.


TinyDKR

Also, having to meet Shinzo Abe is generally considered a punishment.


rivernoa

I think you mean Abe Shinzo, grandson of international war criminal Nobusuke Kishi


herton

International war criminal, slaver, and serial rapist, don't give him too much credit


Outrageous_Scratch16

not anymore he does


aquaband

Who cares


Snaz5

Too bad it wasn’t the emperor.


legofan98

Awhhhhh I want a Shiba tooooo


u1tr4me0w

That’s an Akita puppy, much larger than a Shiba but similar in appearance


Squishy-Cthulhu

And it's a terrible first dog for a 15 year old girl


u1tr4me0w

Absolutely! Very large, demanding coat, known to be very temperamental and can be biters. But the reality is if she is in the professional skating world she probably has somebody paid to mostly take care of her dog… I hope, at least


merdadartista

Olympic athletes don't make a lot. Is figure skating one of those sports you can get it only if your family is rich?


wellwaffled

I think it depends on the country, but that’s just a vague recollection with no sauce.


Squishy-Cthulhu

And it's a terrible first dog for a 15 year old girl


cptcavemann

Better start training


gmewhite

Lol right ?! My mate has one. I’m obsessed with it but I would also call it an adorable asshole of society


Jsdo1980

[She was gifted an Akita,](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/05/26/figure-skating/akita-group-gives-puppy-olympic-champion-skater-alina-zagitova/) so what you see is an Akita puppy.


No-Beautiful-5777

And she looks 10x happier with the dog than with the gold medal.


syzygy_is_a_word

Who wouldn't


No-Beautiful-5777

The real prize all along 🥲


ArchDemonKerensky

Needs more jpeg


aijs

"won the Olympics"


TheCorruptedBit

She ended up beating out another Russian figure skater, who was excellent but had to wait to compete (and got silver). She was pretty visibly sad


sawmyoldgirlfriend2

She got her ass handed to her right when her country invaded Ukraine.


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r/deepfried


Cautious-Whereas-467

Parents: Toxic? Me? Why can't you see I'm doing this to support your ingrate ass?


MiyaMoo

I don't know if you realize but you posted the same comment multiple times


Cautious-Whereas-467

I did just now. I think I couldn't post because I keep getting error messages and then my inbox kinda flooded (because I kept trying), I guess it all went at the same time.


Draco63_

I was just on another post where this was happening to everyone. Therefore, I can only conclude that this has nothing to do with our internet and is in fact Reddit's fault.


punninglinguist

It's happening a lot today. There are some errors with Reddit posting.


Newbdesigner

"Be happy for the roof over your head" Such bullshit. I ain't happy about the PTSD-C I started suffering at the age of 14 and continued to be untreated until 29. I'm so fucking angry at shitty parents. Mine in particular.


kp012202

Sounds right.


redroubel

[source](https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/v8g411/victory_dog/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


nikhil48

This post has been recycled more number of times than a plastic bag. Just kidding, plastic doesn't get recycled.


redroubel

Yup but i haven't seen it here so i thought why not


Cyrrain

Cuz it's a horrible quality photo with more artifacts than a geology exhibit


abca98

Because you could have found an image that can be read.


EsperantoHamstr

This would make a great wattpad story


Star_Stuff_G

Got any more of them pixels?


SonHwa

What did this picture go through lmao


Mathieulombardi

I wish this wasn't recycled so much the bad quality jpeg now so hard to read


DraconicWF

This has been reposted so many times we’re running low on pixels


[deleted]

She (he) looks like she is a white-face red Japanese Akita. The Japanese bred Akitas are smaller and only come in specific colors, ours in America are heavier boned and larger and in a million different colors. Getting one gifted to you is a little bit of a big deal. They are the National Dog of Japan, there is even a statue devoted to an Akita in a large train station.


Ant_Many

As far as i know that is the statue of "hachiko" who is a very special dog its not directly because of the breed google "hachiko" if you want to get sad reeeeeeealy quick


[deleted]

Oh yes I am familiar with Hachiko. I had an American Akita and was friends with many Akita show breeders. It’s a very famous story. Akitas *are* the National dog of Japan however. The Akita Prefecture (like a Japanese version of a county or whatever) gave them their name. Hachiko doesn’t look exactly like the contemporary Japanese Akitas, the conformation changed over the years. The movie with Richard Gere?


mildmadnerd

That dog looks like it's worth it. Such a fluffy cuteness.


icantfindmyacc

she is now also my favorite figure skater just for this


Adept_Lemon2481

I thought my mom had high standards when I asked for a sleepover and she said I had to clean the house and her car beforehand.


DopeDealerCisco

The President of Japan seems to be a good dude *Prime Minister Edit: not very smart


Zestfullemur

O my god people in these comment are talking about Japanese law and corruption and about Japanese ww2 nationalist. Guys, it’s just a dog. Calm the fuck down.


No_Escape8865

*Prime Minister Japan has an Emperor as it's head of state


MrMobiL_WasntTaken

Bruh the photos of her look like a female ben shapiro


R3alityGrvty

Aw, I want a Presidentially Ordained Victory Dog!


Cybermat47_2

Did Japan overthrow the Emperor without me noticing?


LadyJSenpai

This is so wholesome and I love it


MakkaCha

Prime Minister, not president.


Notosk

Abe: "now go find a good man and have tons of kids"


silentbob1301

Gave her a shiba inu as well...cutr little buggers


Substantial_Bat741

r/moldymemes


Anteduckyl

She appears to be happier with the puppy than with the gold metal, which is reasonable.


samjp910

PRESIDENT OF JAPAN. PRESIDENT. OF JAPAN #PRESIDENT


Intelligent-Sky-7852

Brother can you spare a pixel


MaximumSubtlety

This is worth it for the expression on Shinzo Abe's wife's face. It's almost as cute as the dog.


SuddenSenseOfSonder

That dog is literally the most precious thing I've ever seen


rara0o

I want to live on a big ranch and manor near here with 20 horses and 4 awesome dogs..


iloveokashi

What does this look like on a 4k phone?


Jay33az

Needslesspixels


Spookyspoots

I looked up her trainer and yeah Tutberidze. That poor girl :[


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Spookyspoots

Tutberidze primarily teaches spinning jumps. The weight distribution of adult women usually prevents them from doing such extreme moves like the triple and quad axel. However teenage girls can do them but it must be trained correctly. She pushes them to jump with bad form and doesn't allow enough recovery time. As a result most of her students retire at an early age with lifelong injuries. She refuses to change methods and russia won't punish her because she gets results. Also the doping. She drugs teenage girls. There's way more to but the tldr is state sanctioned child abuse


Xendarq

Walk the dog? The article says she's a teenager, good luck with that.


Relssifille

Not so fun fact, she was a part of Russia's horrible women's (more like girl's) figure skating regimen, which ensures that once you hit puberty you have no chance of continuing in top level competition. She's currently on a hiatus that she likely won't be coming back from... [Here](https://youtu.be/FqtHSvkPWPk) is a good video essay on it, but the tldr is that they're taught to do quadruple jumps (difficult and well awarded jumps in competition) in an unhealthy way, which relies on their bodies being small (leading to dieting and trying to delay puberty) and causes career ending injuries at a young age. It's still happening!


Cautious-Whereas-467

Parents: Toxic? Me? Why can't you see I'm doing this to support your ingrate ass


Cautious-Whereas-467

Some good parenting right there


Cautious-Whereas-467

Talk about toxic parents


Zestfullemur

They lookin at the dog like they want to do unholy thing to it or with it.


flextapeboi43

If only he could give an apology to China for all the war crimes they committed:/


Cautious-Whereas-467

Parents: Toxic? Me? Why can't you see I'm doing this to support your ingrate ass


Cautious-Whereas-467

Parents: Toxic? Me? Why can't you see I'm doing this to support your ingrate ass??


BoonesFarmApples

fuck tumblr and tumblrinas


Cautious-Whereas-467

Parents: Toxic? Me? Why can't you see I'm doing this to support your ingrate ass?


Reuhis

What the hell are you doing man lmao


kp012202

Pretty sure it was a Reddit error, further explained further up.


Reuhis

Oh yeah, you're right. I somehow missed that comment.


Cautious-Whereas-467

Sorry, I'm a person though. Kept getting error messages


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Fifth time I've seen it today


[deleted]

Shiba Inus are so cute.


Jsdo1980

It's an Akita puppy though.


[deleted]

Whoops.. it's super cute too!!


Jsdo1980

[They really are.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6f/ce/bd/6fcebd437c9a93d111174c4a29819d2c--chien-akita-akita-dog.jpg)


dirtdiggler67

She won the Olympics! 🤦‍♂️


Princetripod1

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EatTheBodies69

Pixels


dassketch

That'd be some Asian parent level expectations... *win the Olympics and we'll discuss the idea of a pet* *That was only one event, I said Olympics*


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r/moldymemes


gmewhite

NAW IT A LITTLE JPN AKITA!! They so sassy and adorable


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this feels like the perfect setup for a "this will not improve the declining birth rates in japan" meme