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This Jacket Is Me
Jan 29, 2009
What's voter apathy like in Japan? I would expect that it's high.

I couldn't imagine taking time to examine candidates and proposals when everything is so fluid and what gets done is more a matter of personality than party. I can hardly care about voting in the US. If I were in Japan I'd probably just ignore everything.

As an example, I remember a lot of hand wringing when the DJP came to power over Okinawa. There was a spat between the new PM and Obama, then the new PM resigned and the issue hasn't come up since. If it was a matter of party conviction to bring up the Okinawa bases, then I would assume that the conviction would pass to the new PM, but that clearly isn't the case.

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