Reply #4: The public was not consulted on a full return to conservatism after Koizumi. [View All]

[Kagemusha]

They got scammed by Koizumi's campaign when they voted for him in the last upper and lower house elections, because of the new face and promise of a new approach. This is a new but boring face with the promise of a tired approach, and the public, finally given a chance to render a verdict, gave a big thumbs down.

Because they never wanted this. It happened in spite of public will, not because of it.

Oh and, extending Japan's non-combat military commitment to Iraq by two whole years wasn't exactly popular either.