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Over the past several years, scholars have frequently pointed out the weakening of traditional ties between political parties and voters in Japan (Kabashima and Steel 2010; Rosenbluth and Thies 2010). One of the most important issues in Japanese elections today is ensuring that voters can obtain enough information to cast their votes “correctly,” and by extension, rebuilding the relationship between voters and political parties and their candidates.
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© 2016 Hidenori Tsutsumi, Takayoshi Uekami, and Kazunori Inamasu
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Tsutsumi, H., Uekami, T., Inamasu, K. (2016). The Effects of VAAs on Voter Sophistication in Japan. In: Liao, Dc., Chen, B., Jensen, M.J. (eds) Political Behavior and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137518927_5
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