Got my (Japanese) wife to vote for CDP at the last election after years of complaining about the LDP as a non-voter. She managed to get a few of her friends out

Got my (Japanese) wife to vote for CDP at the last election after years of complaining about the LDP as a non-voter. She managed to get a few of her friends out too by merely expressing her intention to vote - nice work. There was no change in government but the LDP were given a bloody nose. Whether that resulted in anything good remains to be seen (as a foreign resident I'm keeping a keen eye on it).