Election Day in Japan: The Podcast Episode of ‘Do it Yourself!!’ [Podcast Episode]

By Barrier Free Japan

October 27 2024

KOBE – As this blog post is being written it is 8PM on Sunday 27th October, the polls have just closed and NHK is predicting that the LDP and New Komeito may lose their majority.

The polling place near where Barrier Free Japan lives in Kobe had NHK crew near it in the morning and were asking questions about how people voted, and what they thought about far right groups like the ‘Sanseito’, a party that in English refers to themselves as the ‘Party of Do it Yourself!!’

This is an election poster for the ‘Sanseito’.

 

The main slogan reads:

“日本をなめるな”

“Don’t underestimate Japan”

• Japan is facing a crisis situation.

• Economic stagnation has persisted for 30 years, leading to industrial decline.

• Politicians and the media are deteriorating in quality.

• There is an unstoppable decline in the youth population and the depopulation of rural areas.

• The food self-sufficiency rate is decreasing.

• Environmental protection and energy policies are not progressing.

• Bullying and suicides continue in schools and workplaces, making society increasingly challenging for both children and adults to live in.