Don't forget to vote!

There's an election in Japan on July 11th. I wonder if any of my students are going to vote. I know the voting age is 20 in Japan, so I am sure that some of my students are eligible to vote. It will be interesting for me to see who voted. I mean, here we are studying global issues, and one of the ways people can have an impact on the world is by voting. We are lucky that we live in democratic countries and we are able to vote. I am very dissapointed in myself because I didn't get organized enough to vote in the last Canadian election. One of the reasons I feel homesick is because I cannot take part in the political life of Japan. I really feel like an outsider here. However, my students are all Japanese citizens, and they can make a difference. I wonder if they realise this . . .