5 things to know about Japan's upper house election

ABE’S AMBITIONS

This is the ONE thing to know about this election, the rest are secondary.

China and the US will never let ABE restore the economy The Yen will keep getting so strong by the buying of Yen off the FOREX the economy will be doomed to imports and lost GDP once they join the TPP the economy is toast The glory days are a past and will never come back if Japan refuses to listen to the Big Dogs of money Japan is only a pawn on the chessboard of world economy

How I wish I could believe in this man. I just can't.

We (foreigners) can't vote so why should we care?

We (foreigners) can't vote so why should we care?

We live in Japan - why shouldn't we care?

Its stupid to say you care and oppose the idea of foreign suffrage at the same time. If you care, support foreign suffrage- or else, what's the point of caring if you can't do anything?