While the headline says there's something at stake in Japan's in election which will be held on December 14 there isn't. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) has no chance of losing control of the Diet even if they lose seats.
Does it really matter? Not really because the majority of voters are over 55 and will return the LDP to power. Further the constituencies are weighted towards the least populated areas of the country.
Abe launched his party’s campaign on Tuesday in Soma, a town close to the tsunami-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He pledged to make progress in recovering from the March 2011 tsunami and in restoring the economy.“I promise you that we will once again see this region and all of Japan become the center of the world and shine,” he said, wearing a puffy white overcoat on a blustery, sunny day. “Please give us the strength.”
The leader of the largest opposition party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, asked if people were better off two years after Abe took office in December 2012.
“This election was launched to hide the failure of Abenomics,” he said in Iwaki, another town near the Fukushima plant. “It has been two years now since Abe put forth his economic policy. In these two years, has it really helped the people’s lives? This is the question that needs to be reflected upon when voting.”
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