People will say pretty much anything to win an election. But can the newly-elected Democratic Party of Japan make good on its campaign pledges? Use this scorecard to keep track
- End wasteful spending of tax money and amakudari (golden parachutes for bureaucrats)
- Ban “hereditary” Diet seats
- Cut 80 seats in the House of Representatives
- Pay a “child allowance” of ¥312,000 per year for all children until they finish junior high school
- Abolish the current health insurance scheme for people aged 75 or over
- Increase the number of doctors to 50,000
- Abolish highway tolls
- Increase the amount of funds under local government control
- Reduce corporate tax for SMEs to 11 percent
- Pay job-seekers a ¥100,000 monthly allowance during job training
- Promote measures to prevent global warming
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