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There are various parties in opposition now, but they can’t present a unified front. That means it’s hard for them to win elections. The public doesn’t look at this favorably.

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Waseda University politics professor Mieko Nakabayashi, a former lawmaker with the Democratic Party of Japan, which a decade ago was the last opposition group to seize power from the LDP, suggesting why Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party is expected to easily win Sunday’s upper house election, despite being burdened with an unpopular sales tax hike plan, a divisive bid to change the pacifist constitution and a black mark for fueling public unease over the pension system.

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According to me the fact that the opposition is divided isn't even the biggest problem but rather the fact that there isn't a real culture in Japan of having political talkshows where members of different political parties debate with each other and where they are given an opportunity to clarify their viewpoints.

The media must make a much bigger effort to generate public interest for politics seeing as the decisions politicians take have an enormous impact on our daily lives and I do feel the media must act much more critical towards the ruling party LDP.

And then there of course is the problem with the oppostion itself which besides being divided lack charismatic and strong figures and they must learn to invest much more in communicating by means of the social media in order to reach out to people especially the younger crowd.

Most Japanese people think they have only one option come elections day which is LDP and many people in Japan just don't care about politics at all which is very unfortunate.

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Think those able to vote are bereft of a functioning brain allowing them to make a choice

they either don't vote or just follow their parents without thinking

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