While historically true, the current Japanese government isn't very Buddhist, and hasn't been AFAICT since the Tokugawa shogunate crumbled (in fact, they persec

While historically true, the current Japanese government isn't very Buddhist, and hasn't been AFAICT since the Tokugawa shogunate crumbled (in fact, they persecuted Buddhism after that). The neo-imperialist conservative part isn't too far off from the truth though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Kaigi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Kaigi I disagree that they are somehow similar though, trivially evident by the fact that the Republicans aren't the only party. It's also important to note that even though LDP is one party, there are many factions within it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Liberal_Democr... The factions can have quite different opinions.