the so-called "regional threats" have been hyped up to the point that the electorate here would fear not voting for Abe, as Tokyoite and cram school owner Marie Ogawa, 58, explained.
"He (Abe) is a very astute politician and has over the years incrementally leveraged his and his party's position to become somewhat untouchable in terms of being kept in check by opposition parties or carrying out the will of the people," Ogawa said.
"So when the general election that he envisioned took place on Oct. 22
Nike Air Max Thea Vypredaj , we (the electorate) would have little choice but to vote for the LDP and Abe and a rather uncertain economic and security future, or abstain from voting, which I personally believe is somewhat apathetic and counterintuitive," said Ogawa.
"There simply would not have been an alternative," she added.