Japanese Politicians Are Thinking about Building working Gundam.

[battle axe]

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Japanese Politicians Are Thinking about Building Gundam. Like, Real, Working Gundam.

Politicians everywhere are crap—even the ones who are thinking about building a giant, working mecha. In an upcoming broadcast on Japanese video platform Nico Nico Live, members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party are apparently going to discuss the idea of building a real lifeGundam.
The Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan for over fifty years after World War II, is not actually "liberal". Rather, the party is conservative. As ANN pointed out , party members Masaaki Taira and Hideki Niwa are slated to discuss how the LDP is "seriously considering the development of Gundam."
Back in 2008, it was estimated that a working (not just a full scale mock-up like above), one-to-one scale would cost US$725,000,000 for parts and materials. That figure doesn't include the cost of labor or the cost of insanity required to build such a machine.
These politicians probably do not mean they want to make a 60-foot tall, 43.7 metric ton Gundam replica (at least I hope they don't), but instead, large mecha contraptions that could be used by, presumably, the country's Self Defense Force. In an age of drone attacks, however, mecha don't exactly seem ideal on the battlefield.
Japan's economy and society are both in a bad way. The country is deeply in debt, the population is aging, and Japan has no natural resources. And with a strong yen and a sour world economy, Japan can't export its way to prosperity. It can ship its manufacturing to China and hollow itself out.
These are serious times. They require serious conversations by serious leaders. And the LDP, who hopes to regain power after the current Democratic Party of Japan implodes, appears like its fishing for the nerd vote by appearing on Nico Nico and talking about building Gundam robots as a viable way to promote industry and protect the nation.

Japanese Politicians Are Thinking about Building Gundam. Like, Real, Working Gundam.

[elvandesantos]

what are we here? were not interested in japanese politics here ts. this news is all about politics. the gundam thingy is just a sidenote of the news actually.

[battle axe]

dont read! simple

[bleedingboi]

what are we here? were not interested in japanese politics here ts. this news is all about politics. the gundam thingy is just a sidenote of the news actually.

Please respect any thread. As long as it falls to the correct category and forum, then it's good for reading.
Most of us might not be interested in Japanese politics, but remember that Japan is in bad shape now, and even in their struggling budget and crisis, they're still pushing donations to our economy and machineries as well.
If bad things happen to Japan, we are affected.

[machinecult]

Dako kaayo akong smile nakabasa sa title.

[DEMONOCIETY]

lipay ang uban bata dinhi sa istorya.net makabasa lang sa title


sakto c bleedingboi sagdilang paminaw sab nko y impossible sa japan na maayo ky moinvento

[mio]

Pagka nindot ani. Japan pa jud.

[mindtrickz]

hahaha, kuyawa gud..

[machinecult]

lipay ang uban bata dinhi sa istorya.net makabasa lang sa title


sakto c bleedingboi sagdilang paminaw sab nko y impossible sa japan na maayo ky moinvento

Paliti nya ko tinuod Gundam, daddy.

[voldemort]

Way lingaw ning politikoha.