>>589 I cannot agree the suggestion to give foreigners the right to vote.
That is because the right to vote in Japan is Japanese citezen's right.
If foreigners claim the right to vote,
they should acquire Japanese nationality by being naturalized as a Japanese.
It may be true that Japanese government should give them the right to vote,
if they pay their taxes. But payment of taxes is to get public services as in reward.
So tax payment has no relation to the right to vote.
Therefore I don't think that it is necessary to give foreigners the right to vote.