
Episode 442 - The Transistor Salesman
History of Japan
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The Ld P - A Brief History
Before ekata, getting the support of one of the eight main factions and its various koenkai was the main way for an l d p politician to get elected. Three of the factions those of cono ichiro masumurakenzo, and mikhi takeo outright turned on kishi during the protests,. A fourth faction took a more neutral a, but still refused to back the party's own prime minister openly. Had keeshe not resigned that iely what would have happened when icata took over. He spent a lot of time patching up this factional rift, which had gotten very bad and nearly destroyed the l d p.
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