Politics Talk

Japanese members: why does the LDP basically always win?

Asking honestly, not trolling. From the outside it looks like Japan has had one party in government for almost the entire postwar period with only short breaks. Elections are clearly free, so what's going on?

Is it that the opposition is weak, that voters value stability, the factions inside the LDP acting like separate parties, or something about the rural districts? American brain wants to make it a two-team sport and I suspect that's wrong.