Three Main Themes to Consider for the 7/11 Upper House Election
Japan's future hinges on these issues: #1. The decisions of Naoto Kan's administration; #2. Evaluating the DPJ since it took power after the 8/30/2009 election; #3. A 10% consumption tax and economic policy

The public will weigh in on three important themes in the July 11 upper-house vote.

　　The first is to evaluate Naoto Kan's administration thus far. The administration has offered the public next to nothing with which to evaluate its judgment. It's a sneaky approach and it goes against the fundamentals of a democratic system. The voters are left with no other choice but to judge Prime Minister Kan based on his sly tactics.

　　The second theme is to evaluate the work of the Democratic Party of Japan since it took over the government in September 2009 under former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the Ozawa-Hatoyama system. Just because Hatoyama and Ichiro Ozawa have moved behind the scenes doesn't mean we should forget the harm they inflicted on us.

　　The third theme is to evaluate the issue of a 10% consumption tax and economic policy. It's a question of which should have priority, our livelihoods or state finances.

　　The Japanese people need to weigh in on these three issues. 　　A Kan government is a neoconservative, fiscal reform and political-power grabbing government. ﾊ