Eleventh day... the last night

It was election day in the disaster zone. This upper house election is practically the reason why I'm here for 12 days, as many of my colleagues nationwide is taking part in the election coverage and therefore can not leave their positions to participate in the disaster coverage team.

Out here in Kashiwazaki, I have nothing to do with the coverage of the House of Councilors' election and I made good use of this freedom. Walking around the perimeter...I found many signs of vitality.

voices of strength... signs of vitality!!

At the last night here in the disaster stricken area, the party in power suffered a historical crushing defeat.
But our nation will probably be the same as always tomorrow. The DPJ is not a clearly different party compared to the ruling LDP. I just hope it's a better choice we have two large parties with a strong rivalry, which will finally lead to a real sword crossing of policies, and not a competition of negative campaigning!