People under the age of twenty shouldn't be given the right to vote, because they don't have enough experience to make a sound judgement about what is good and bad.
我々市民は積極的に政治に参加し、自分の意見を主張することが大切だ。
It's important for us citizens to actively engage in politics and make our voices heard.
The defeat in World War 2 had a tremendous impact on Japanese people, both spiritually and materially. We were forced to break with all our traditional values and start from scratch.