Thursday, July 8, 2010

Election Posters In Japan

These are election posters that I have seen up around town. Since this is a rural area the Japanese Communist Party has a very strong following and most of the poster around are from them. They are the farthest left of the main parties here. Their big issues are getting rid of American bases, nuclear disarmament, not raising the consumption tax, and farm issues. Also, for the posters I have only translated the main statement and others might disagree with my specific wording, but the gist is whats important.

Japanese Communist Posters:
Japan needs a party that can stand up to countries like America, and on issues like Financial Matters. (The more exact would be a party that can be insistent but I think stand up makes more sense.)
Because safe food come from Japanese soil, stop import liberalization. (This one is on a rural bus stop where there are only farms near by. Also, they use the literal English word stop as stopu to make their message pop.
Working people are important for the country/ Making working people is important for the country. (Even though this on is simple seeming it gave me a bunch of trouble.)
We definitely oppose upping the consumption tax. (This is another one that they use English written in Katakana to make the poster stand out.)
Stand up to America. New Politics! (The signs in the picture says Abolish Nuclear Weapons. No more Hiroshimas! No more Nagasakis!)
Proportional Represented Constituency Social Democratic Party. (That is a direct translation of the main part and the bit in red at the bottom is about the importance of peace. )Cleaner Politics. (This is from the New Komeito Party which is a center right party. It was started by members of the Soka Gakai Buddist sect and is heavily associated with it.)
Politics that receive the peoples voice. (New Komeito)
Toward the founding of an ocean nation. (I dont know what this one means it makes no sense. Its literally just ocean national founding toward.)

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