User blog comment:Zabuza825/2015 Akitian electoral debates!/@comment-3993996-20141206132653/@comment-1490093-20141208111723

1st question:

Yoshiro Murayama - What Akitsu needs in terms of it's economy is easier access to international markets. Don't get me wrong - political isolation is something that Akitsu should abide by. However, it's getting increasingly difficult to deny the necessity of opening our markets to the world. This means continuing our old economic policies: low to nonexistant tarriffs on trade with our close trading partners, encouragements of imports that are vitally necessary for the economy, and encouragements of exports that assist in the growing of Akitsu's economy. Aside from these three core principles, Akitsu should avoid as many entanglements with other nations as it can, including economic ones, lest those economic entanglements become political ones.

2nd question:

Yasuhiro Hatoyama - I believe that Akitsu should remain neutral, however I do not feel that Akitsu should become a hermit kingdom.

Yuko Ozawa - I am generally in favor of expanding trade agreements with other nations while avoiding political entanglements such as defense treaties with other nations. Avoiding unnecessary alliances has helped us thus far - I feel it can continue to help us from now on.

Hitoshi Katayama - Neutrality has been sometime that has helped Akitsu for some time now, however I am afraid as to how much longer we can keep it up. Tensions are rising, and it is undoubtebly only a matter of time before some unforseen event forces Akitsu's hand in something. Akitsu needs contingency plans, and that may mean opening up dialogue with other nations.

Toru Ishihara - My foreign policy would be best described as follows: "Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone."