Questions by Thrawniter,answers by Kanye Orient
91. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction called?
91. yokusan sasshin renmei (imperial rule assistance reform alliance)
92. Does Fukuda Takeo's faction still exist in 1962?
92. yes
93. Can Fukuda Takeo's faction gain the office of PM in TNO1?
93. yes
94. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's economic policy like?
94. similar to irl (stable instead of high growth, low inflation, agriculture focused, international focused)
95. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's industrial policy like?
95. tbd
96. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's foreign policy like?
96. he would be one of the more neocolonial leaders
97. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's domestic policy like?
98. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's social policy like?
97 and 98. socially conservative, mildly authoritarian
99. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's financial policy like?
99. keynesian but stable spending, basically not full speed welfare
100. What is Fukuda Takeo's faction's opinion on the space race?
100. tbd 101. Can Ikeda Hayato's "Income Doubling Plan" work in game?
101. yes, but it won’t exactly be like irl
102. Is the Ikeda Hayato's plan officially called "National Income Doubling Plan"?
102. yes
103. Is the liberalization of trade within the CPS part of the National Income Doubling Plan?
103. definitely
104. Is the liberalization of trade with Germany and the USA part of the National Income Doubling Plan?
104. TBD
105. Is deregulation part of the National Income Doubling Plan?
105. yes
106. Does Ikeda Hayato want to construct the Taiheiyo Belt?
106. yes
107. Which industry will benefit more from the National Income Doubling Plan?
107. infrastructure, finance and light manufacturing
108. Will the National Income Doubling Plan include the creation of a new development corporation or the creation of special economic zones?
108. most probably
109. Can Ikeda Hayato entrench his clique with a successful National Income Doubling Plan?
109. yes, but there are consequences
110. Will a reform of the education system be part of the National Income Doubling Plan?
110. ikeda’s apathy towards social policy means that he can be swayed if he is convinced it will win him votes
111. Why is the Kochikai called "Broad Pond Society"?
111. no idea ikeda just did it lol probably some symbolic poetic meaning
112. What is Broad Pond Society's economic policy like?
112. income doubling plan, economic liberalisation and rationalisation
113. What is Broad Pond Society's industrial policy like?
113. focus on technology and innovative sectors, middle class consumer manufacturing
114. What is Broad Pond Society's foreign policy like?
114. probably the closest you can get to detente favouring within the YSK
115. What is Broad Pond Society's domestic policy like?
115. apathetic - whatever is good for the “middle” of society, so it’s very flexible and broad-appealing
116. What is Broad Pond Society's social policy like?
116. same as above
117. What is Broad Pond Society's financial policy like?
117. to put it short basically social market economy
118. What is Broad Pond Society's opinion on the space race?
118. tba
119. Who are other prominent members of the Broad Pond Society?
119. ohira masayoshi, maeo shigesaburo, miyazawa kiichi and kaya okinori
120. Why would the Broad Pond Society accept an alliance with the Home Ministry Clique and the Yokudo Clique if they viewed the alliance as their downfall?
120. it’s a bit of an unclear chronology in the text. the chronological version of events goes:
- aoki is forced to resign
- kaya installs ikeda as leader
- ikeda was an advocate of a strong suppressive response to anpo irl and this did not change with the 1959 redacted incidents
- ikeda sees that this only made folks more angry and slowly begins to detach from yokudo and naimukei
121. Does Ikeda Hayato want to implement strong anti-trust laws against the Zaibatsu to create a "Social Market Economy"?
121. not really. he needs them to survive, especially the old zaibatsu because there are more worrying economic opponents ahead
122. Can Kawashima Shojiro become of certain actors within the Yokusan Giin Domei?
122. what
123. How much of the Yokusan Giin Domei's ideology is based on Ludendorff's "Der Totale Krieg"?
123. not a lot, that's saved for shinseikatsukai and certain factions in manchuria
124. What would Kawashima Shojiro's ideal state look like?
124. law and order corporatist police state with a sham democracy, i suppose
125. Can Kawashima Shojiro ally with either the "Old Zaibatsu" or the "New Zaibatsu"?
125. he would prefer the new zaibatsu but he is flexible as a weathervane
126. How is the Yokusan Giin Domei able to not tear apart during Kawashima Shojiro's premiership?
126. kawashima was an efficient faction boss irl, his faction only dispersed when he died and he handpicked a good mix of veterans and young right wingers to keep them in line
127. What are Kawashima Shojiro's biggest advisaries?
127. ikeda and the independents
128. How much can Kawashima Shojiro's ideology be bend in his path?
128. he will remain corporatist
129. How corrupt will Kawashima Shojiro's premiership turn out to be?
129. as status quo corrupt, check his irl response to the narita crisis as a point of reference
130. Is it possible to call Kawashima Shojiro the "Japanese Bormann"?
130. no, not really. he isn't suicidally paranoid like bormann, but he is very careful with who he surrounds himself with and he knows that there is an upper limit to his ambition given his age and the structures outside of his control.
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