This is the doorplate of embassy of Japan in India.
This is my challenging story to go to the embassy of Japan for overseas voting.
これは、在インド日本大使館の表札。
今回は、在外選挙に挑戦。
Japan is a bicameral national assembly. The 23rd regular election of House of Councilors in Japan will be held this weekend (21.July.2013). We cannot go to Japan for voting. But we are eligible to vote from overseas. So I went to the embassy of Japan for voting. Non-resident of Japan like me has to get a voting card in advance from Ministry of internal Affairs and Communications of Japan before they go to vote. This card gives us a permission of overseas voting.
日本の国会は二院制。日本はこの週末、第23回参議院通常選挙。我々は日本へ投票には行けないけど、在外選挙の権利が。そんなことで日本大使館へ。日本非居住者は投票前に、総務省から事前に在外選挙人証を入手。このカードが在外選挙の許可証に。
I went to the gate of the embassy of Japan, but the gate guard man said I had to go to other gate. I made a search for the other gate which is consular office’s gate.
日本大使館に行ったけど、門番は違うゲートに行けという。領事館のある違うゲートを探すことに。
Embassy of Japan in India has really beautiful Japanese garden. I have never seen it before, because it is not easy to go inside. In contrast, consular office of Japan in Delhi, India is not exciting to me at all. It is just a common old building like this photo. Like prison.
日本大使館には本当に美しい日本庭園がある。でも、入るのは簡単じゃないから見たことないけど。それに対して、領事館はちっとも興奮しない。写真のように単なる普通の古いビル。刑務所みたい。
I did two types of vote this time. One is proportional representation. The other is multiple-seat electoral district. Voting of proportional representation was easy for me because I just write down a name of political party. But Voting of multiple-seat electoral district was very difficult, because I had to choose a candidate from the district where I had lived just before leaving Japan. I didn't know each candidate. So, I just chose a name from which party the candidate belonged to. Which was not much more than how I chose a proportional representation.
今回は二つの投票を実施。一つは比例区、もう一つは選挙区投票。比例区は政党を書くだけだから簡単だけど、選挙区は面倒。なぜなら、日本出国前の居住地の立候補者から選ばないとダメだから。どの立候補者も知らないし。仕方なく立候補者の政党から選択、比例区となんら変わらない。
I hope Japan's economic growth. Of course I'll make a lot of effort with my business in India to make Japan's economy grow, too. Well, I'd rather look forward to seeing Japan’s economy growth after voting than the result of the voting.
Did you go to vote in Japan??
日本の経済が上向くことに期待。もちろん、インドで日本の経済が伸びるよう自分のビジネスにも努力するけど。うーん、選挙結果よりも選挙後の日本経済が楽しみかな。
選挙、行きました？？
