>>53515Actually, they have all of those things in Japan.
NIMBY-ism is what killed the Narita Shinkansen as towns that it would run through but not serve didn't want it.
Lobbyists are everywhere. Like rats & cockroaches. I think they uncover new lobbyist-related scandals every week in Japan, don't they?
Japan's Diet is infamous for pork spending (including pork on railroads).