Sundays is for voting
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2010.07.10
Like some European countries, Japan confines voting in its federal elections to Sundays. I approve.
I also wholeheartedly endorse anything that leads to a cessation of the various politicians riding around in cars with megaphones and speakers. But everywhere we went today, there were people queued for the polls. It's good to see that the Japanese turn out in what seems to be significant numbers. I could only wish that their elections would result in a stable, productive government. A tall order, I know. I just hate to see my adopted country go through the same sort of thing as my home land.