The LDP’s Landslide Victory and the Possibility of an End to the Ukraine War (A Structural Analysis) Premise • Japan’s House of Representatives election does not directly determine the course of the Ukraine war. • However, it can indirectly influence whether the war shifts into a termination phase . 1. LDP Landslide Victory = Fixation of Japan’s Political and Military Trajectory • The LDP’s victory solidifies, over the medium to long term, policy directions such as: • Increased defense spending • Deeper military integration with the United States • Greater flexibility in constitutional interpretation • This means that Japan is increasingly perceived as “a country that is not radical, but is steadily militarizing.” 2. Changes in the Strategic Environment from Russia’s Perspective • From Russia’s point of view: • West: attrition caused by the Ukraine war • South: instability in the Middle East and surrounding regions • East: a fixed and institu...

Notes on the Ability to Be “Prioritized” by Both Humans and AI 1. Scarce Resources in the +AI Era • Different from traditional scarce resources (natural resources, technology, patents) • The ability to attract human attention (the attention economy) • The ability to gather and utilize AI computational power is also a new scarce resource • Computational power itself is not scarce → What matters is what it is used for, and with what priority 2. What Does “the Ability to Be Prioritized” Mean? • The ability to create a state where one is processed with priority by both humans and AI • At its core, it is the ability to reduce the processing cost for the other side • Not domination or manipulation, but a natural rise in priority 3. Human-Side Processing Characteristics • Humans are overloaded with information at all times • They unconsciously prioritize content that: • Is easy to understand immediately • Seems meaningful • Feels trustworthy •...

Hybrid Democracy — Notes 1. Problem Definition (Structural Flaws of the Current System) • Japan’s voter turnout is approximately 60%. • Because political power is determined by a simple majority of those votes, national politics can be shaped by the will of roughly 30% of all eligible voters . • This 30% tends to be biased toward organized and entrenched interest groups. • The preferences of a large portion of the population—marked by political disengagement and a sense of powerlessness—are difficult to reflect. • As a result, a negative feedback loop emerges: • Growing distrust in politics • Declining voter turnout • Repeated reliance on stopgap “life-support” policies • Concentration of burdens on implementers and frontline actors 2. Core Philosophy • Problem identification and solutions must come as a set. • Prolonging an existing social system is not inherently good. • Life-support policies often exhaust frontline actors and accumulat...