Opinion
Expats deserve their democracy sausage too
Campaigning can be a noisy affair in Japan, while from Australia the electoral commission may end up quietening a few expatriate voices.
Melanie BrockContributorUpdated
Tokyo | I don’t have a vote, neither in the country where I live nor in Australia, where I was born.
To be able to vote in Japan, I would have to become a naturalised Japanese citizen, and that means giving up my Australian citizenship and I don’t see myself doing that.
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Melanie Brock is a consultant living and working in Japan.
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