Posts Tagged ‘election’
Popular DPJ or an Unpopular LDP?
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, came to power in 1955. At that time it had a two-pronged approach. The first was to align with the West in the Cold War and the second was to grow Japan’s economy. These simple political manifestos are now defunct. The [Read More]
Election Fans Japan
Mitaka City were handing out fans to cool down voters at yesterday’s election in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. But despite the fans, the day was hot and it looked like voters wanted major change. One voter told me – “he’d vote for anything, but the [Read More]