Japan's three leading newspapers, disagreeing on much, agree on this: Japan's democracy is in crisis.
"Democratic politics in Japan has become frayed," the Mainichi Shimbun said in an editorial on Jan. 1.
"The recent deterioration of Diet deliberations is intolerable," the Yomiuri Shimbun said on Jan. 4.
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