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Talking about the election in your country

民主主義の中で選挙はとても大切な役割を果たしますね。選挙のシステムは国によって異なり、その国独特の選挙文化もあります。また、選挙結果を左右する要素は多くあるため、政治や経済に関することなど、様々な観点から話し合っていきましょう！

Would you tell me about the election in your country?

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Would you tell me about the election in your country?

The Japanese diet has two independent congresses, the lower house of Diet and the upper house of Diet.
The term of the lower house members is four years.
The term of lower house is 6 years with half of the upper house members selected every three years.

The newly appointed leader of Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced that the lower house of will be dissolved and the the lower house election will be held on October 27.

The prime minister has set his victory line at a majority of both the LDP and the PLD to maintain power.

自然な表現

The Japanese Diet has two independent congresses, the lower house and the upper house .
The term of the lower house members is four years.
The term of the upper house is 6 years with half of its members elected every three years.

The newly appointed leader of Japan's LDP, prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, has announced that the lower house of will be dissolved and the a lower house election will be held on October 27.

The prime minister has set his victory line at a majority of both the LDP and the PLD to maintain power.

1, 9, 10. You need capital letters for the first letter of the important words in a title, official name etc.
2, 3. You can avoid repetition here.
4. We use ‘the’ when there is only one of something, or we are referring to a particular thing.
5. This seems to refer to the other house you mentioned.
6. Use a pronoun to avoid repeating the same noun, which can sound confusing.
7. Refers to the democratic process involved..
8. He leads his party rather than the country.
11. A comma is needed after the additional information.
12. The first time we talk about something we say ‘a’. Then we use 'the' because the other person knows what we are talking about. E.g. “I bought a new bag and a hat today. The bag was expensive, but the hat was quite cheap.”
13. You probably mean 'Komeito' here, but the grammar is okay.

Thank you for the detailed explanation. It must be an exciting time for Japanese voters. Which party do you think will win the election?

I think the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lose this election. It is because LDP has against wind from the factional slush fund case.
But I think LDP will keep the biggest party in Japan. But their power will decrease.

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will increase their congress seats even if they will not be bigger party as much as the the Liberal Democratic Party.

自然な表現

I think the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will lose this election because it is facing headwinds from the factional slush fund case.
However, I think the LDP will remain the biggest party in Japan, but their power will decrease.

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will increase the number of their seats even if they will not be the biggest party .

1. Refers to the future.
2, 8. This is a conjunction and can be used to join two sentences together here.
3. Use a pronoun to avoid repeating the same noun, which can sound confusing.
4. 'Face' with the plural noun is used in this idiom.
5. 'But' is a conjunction, and not recommended to start a new sentence.
6, 11. We use ‘the’ when there is only one of something, or we are referring to a particular thing.
7. 'Keep' means 'not lose'.
9. You need to explain what this refers to.
10, 13. This is clear enough on its own.
12. A superlative is needed here.

It will be good for the country if the LDP loses some of its seats. It will mean the opposition will be able to keep it in control. Do you know why elections for the two houses are done separately? Wouldn't it be better logistically to have them on the same day?

Separate elections allow for different seat configurations in the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, thereby maintaining the stability of the government.
For example, if the ruling party has a majority in the House of Representatives
but different seats in the House of Councillors, it will be difficult for the ruling party to
unilaterally advance its policies.

自然な表現

Separate elections allow for different seat configurations in the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, thereby maintaining the stability of the government.
For example, if the ruling party has a majority in the House of Representatives but a different number of seats in the House of Councillors, it will be difficult for the ruling party to unilaterally advance its policies.

1, 4. Same sentence, so no line break here.
2, 3. You need to say what this refers to.

I see the logic. Do you think there will be a huge voter turn out, especially of young voters? Please explain your answer.

I think the number of turnout will not be large. Especially the young voter will be more smaller.
It is because young people are not interested in politics. And they don't know about politics.

自然な表現

I don't think the turnout will be large, especially the young voter turnout will be smaller.
This is because a lot of young people are not interested in politics and they don't know much about it.

1, 3. We say what we do or do not think first.
2. This already clearly refers to voters, given the previous conversation.
4, 9. This is a conjunction and can be used to join two sentences together here.
5. Refers to the number of them who vote.
6. We add ‘-er’ to most short adjectives to compare things (e.g. hot/hotter, big/bigger), although there are some irregular exceptions. We add ‘more’ to longer adjectives (e.g. interesting/more interesting, difficult/more difficult).
7. Refers to what you mentioned before.
8. Some are, so it's best to modify this.
10. Some know a lot, some don't know anything, so a modifier is again better here.
11. Use a pronoun to avoid repeating the same noun, which can sound confusing.

That is unfortunate as politics affects their lives more than they are aware of. What can be done to make them interested in politics?

We should launch an Internet site to become more interested in politics,
It is also important to make public pledges for young people.
And we should communicate the relationship between politics and the lives of young people.

自然な表現

The government should launch an Internet site to encourage them to become more interested in politics.
It is also important to make public pledges for young people, and we should communicate the relationship between politics and the lives of young people.

1. You are probably not part of the group that would do this.
2. This is not wrong grammatically, but a phrase like "exploit social media" would more accurately refer to the way in which most young people interact with the internet. There already are a lot of websites doing this, but getting young people to look at them is the challenge.
3. You need to explain the action here.
4. A full stop is needed to end the sentence.

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