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Prior to the meeting of the Diet, Count Ito Katashi is seen outside the chambers having a very heated argument with a painting, until his aide pulls him away. The aide then notices that Ito's kimono is on backwards, but is unable to fix it since Ito swats his hands away whenever he gets too close. On the way into the Diet chambers, Ito bumps into a hat-rack, apologizes profusely to the inanimate object, and takes his seat.

Yet again we see the opposition's stubborn determination to force through reforms the people don't even want. Change is not always good, and the change that is must be done in moderation. Instituting a minimum wage places undue pressure on employers and artificially inflates wages. One's wage should be determined by the effort they put into work. Some lazy worker should not be guaranteed a certain sum simply for doing the bare minimum of their job requirements. As for this health care reform, building such a massive system from scratch will require a large percentage of the government revenue and is bound to prove both ineffective and wasteful. If we wish to institute such a system, it must be done gradually so we can test out what works and what does not. There is no point in throwing money at such a overbearing system when it could well come crashing down on our heads. And don't even get me started on this voting reform. What do peasants know of affairs of state? Let those with the qualifications and breeding handle such things. If anything, we should be deferring to the Emperor in all we do, not the people who wallow in their own filth.

As for this plebiscite on the Administrative Representation Act, it actually has some worth. The opposition seems obsessed with the fact that apparently there have been no governors appointed for the regions of Nippon. Just because the men serving such roles are not well known does not mean they do not exist. If anything, this plebiscite will allow us to do away with this federalist scheme.

Parliamentary Plebiscite on the Repeal of the Administrative Representation Act: Yes
Minimum Living Wage Act**: No
The Reform of Health-care Act**x3: No
Motion to advise His Majesty the Emperor on Stable Government: Yes
Franchise Reform Bill**x2: No

[Politician]
[Minister of War: +2VP]
[Imperial Victor: +1VP]

- Count Ito Katashi of Miyazaki, Minister of War
 
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((Made some edits to my post, no votes were changed.))
 
((What happens if the bills pass when the government is clearly against them? We lose VP do to MIL caused by unpopular opposition supported bills?))
 
((My First Interactive AAR, here goes nothing, too bad I'm so late :p))

Name: Tsuyoshi Tamotsu
Specialty: Politician
Background: Born in 1857 in Edo to middle class parents, Tsuyoshi was entirely a product of modernizing Japan. His Mother was literate and dedicated to community. His father was a clerk in an bank and was dedicated to practicality. Both of them instilled in him a sense of fairness and support for meritocracy. From a young age Tsuyoshi was interested in economics and history, foreign and domestic.

He went to university and graduated in 1877. He received a large windfall from a dead relative a year before he graduated. Originally he intended to work in a branch of the bank his father did. Instead he started his own investment firm,specializing in helping landed aristocrats invest in modern industry.

In his rare spare time, he'd follow politics. His profession found him oft leaning on the side of the National Liberals, but perhaps paradoxically he had some measure of sympathy for the RPP's platform. They were correct in many analysis, but their solutions we're rural and often regressive. If nothing else, Tsuyoshi was a committed modernizer.

This ruled out conservative parties, more or less He saw the run up to the war and the arguments for it and he partially agreed. Asia should not be under the heel of europe and japan ought to lead the way in doing something about it. But he felt Nat-Lib policies seemed to primarily focus on replacing a European boot with a Japanese boot,
with conquest favouring liberation. He knew such an outlook with not endear asian unity and would undermine the entire project.

Low and behold, the war came in 1879 and Japan marched to take the Philippines. Japan would be left to fight Spain, Italy and later Russia, alone. The war was divisive at home, triggering labour unrest including strife. He saw the effects it had on investment and it wasn't pretty. Fed up with the status quo, Tsuyoshi decided that it was time to make a difference in Japanese government. He'd cut ties with his firm, successful as it was, and began to live off his assets while he prepared his entrance into politics.
 
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As a loyal Imperial subject, I can only condemn both people who try to undermine their country during a war by reforms unwanted by people and attempt to usurp the divine authority of the Emperor by having the politicians dictate to him which Prime Ministers to appoint. Should the blasphemous Motion to advise His Majesty the Emperor on Stable Government pass, I would beg His Majesty to veto it and the Privy Council to advise such actions to our Monarch - for otherwise the monarchy would become but a figurehead, a façade in the hands of powermongers like the Shoguns. It is not what we have fought for during the Boshin Wars.

- Asano Hisanori,
Count of Hiroshima
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chief of General Staff and Governor-General of Korea


Parliamentary Plebiscite on the Repeal of the Administrative Representation Act: Yes
Minimum Living Wage Act**: No
The Reform of Health-care Act**x3: No
Motion to advise His Majesty the Emperor on Stable Government: No
Franchise Reform Bill**x2: No

[Militarist]
[No Bonus]
 
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Goes to a rally on the diet's latest session, in support of The Reform of Health-care Act in particular.

"I can confidently say that this session of the diet has been very productive, not simply for the day to day function of government, but for the effects on the average person. The Minimum Wage Act, should it pass, will do much to prevent exploitation, while the health-care Act, when ti passes, will prove to make us a more healthy fertile and productive society. I also am happy to see that the government is being taken to account on Governor representation, all forms of democratic representation should be respective and utilized. As for the "stable government" act I feel that the Emperor's powers are clearly enshrined in our constitution and any changes in respect of that should go through a full constitutional process which, naturally, would have to have the blessings of the Emperor. This action is a crude shortcut."

- Tsuyoshi Tamotsu

Parliamentary Plebiscite on the Repeal of the Administrative Representation Act: No
Minimum Living Wage Act: Yes
The Reform of Health-care Act: Yes
Motion to advise His Majesty the Emperor on Stable Government: Abstain
Franchise Reform Bill: Yes

[Politician]
[No Bonus]
 
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Kishiwada Zaibatsu projects: 1884


Demolish:

-Tohoku Steel

-Chugoku Regular clothes

- Kyushu Regular clothes

- Kanto Regular clothes


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Chubu Furniture £13.7K

Kansai liquor- £9.69K


Build:

Kanto Furniture £13.7K

Kyushu liquor- £9.69K

Chubu Furniture £13.7K

Chugoku Liquor- £9.69K

Tohoku Wine £9.71K

Total Cost: £66.18K
Total Funds: £955,313
New Total Funds: £889,130
 
naxhi24 said:
((Yes = "Yes we want to repeal the bill"

No = "No we don't want to repeal the bill"))
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((Could you put that in the OP as well? I specifically used the words "keep" and "repeal" in the act to avoid any ambiguities which would come from using "yes" and "no."))

Plebiscite on the Repeal of the Administrative Representation Act: Abstain.
Franchise Reform Bill: Double Yea.
Minimum Living Wage Act: Yea.
The Reform of Health-care Act: Yea.
Motion to advise His Majesty the Emperor on Stable Government: Nay.

[Politician]
[Imperial Victor]

--Hosokawa-dono
 
naxhi24 said:
((Yes = "Yes we want to repeal the bill"

No = "No we don't want to repeal the bill"))
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((So Wait, No means we get appointed Governors?))
 
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