LDP to change engrish name to F'edDP

[Taro Toporific]

LDP may change English name as 'liberal' doesn't match policies: officials
Crisscross - News - Friday, March 31, 2006 at 14:15 EST
TOKYO --- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may change its English name as the word "Liberal" does not match its policies, party officials said Friday. Seiichi Ota, a House of Representatives member, proposed revising the name to "Party of F____ Democracy." ...more...

[Buraku]

Yeah we know Nippon ain't liberal - not with Blinky running Tokyo

But this Seiichi Ota isn't he part of the Yasukuni Waseda-Rape fanclub ?

[Mulboyne]

In the 90's, the LDP tried to introduce a nickname for the party. For some reason, they chose "JF". The press release said that JF didn't stand for anything in particular and supporters were free to come up with their own ideas like "Japan Friend" and "Japan Freedom". I can't find any articles on the net but the Japanese Wikipedia entry for JF still refers to it as a short name for the party.

[Taro Toporific]

In the 90's, the LDP tried to introduce a nickname for the party. For some reason, they chose "JF". The press release said that JF didn't stand for anything in particular and supporters were free to come up with their own ideas like "Japan Friend" and "Japan Freedom".

So my gest about the "Party of F____ Democracy" is spot on. I loooove Japan.