Fumio Kishida is set to call snap election for October 31

[rpannier]

Our new PM is wasting no time. According to NHK, he is expected to dissolve the Diet (Parliament) on Oct 14
Barring something catastrophic happening, he will officially be elected PM on the 31st -- he is Japan's 100th PM
His new cabinet will have only 3 women in it, which is not good.
But, while he did make room for one of the women that challenged him, he left the horrid Sanae Takaichi out of his cabinet.
Sanae Takaichi is an extreme right wing politician. she has ties to the Japanese Neo-Fascists.
Motegi will remain Foreign Minister and Kishi will remain Defense Chief which will make the U.S. happy
About 30% of all cabinet posts went to people who have never held a cabinet position

[betsuni]

1. Watching NHK now. Man after man after man after man.

My husband said he didn't even notice until I said something, that he's a bad feminist. Takaichi has a really scary horrible face that shows what's in the inside, like Dick Cheney. Ugh. This is depressing. Husband said: Who's the first one resigning because of scandal?

[rpannier]

2. I don't have a guess as to who, but I'll bet it's before Christmas

With that many new cabinet members, one (or more) of them (or their family members) is bound to do something pretty fast