The Sept. 11 House of Representatives election ended in a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which secured 296 out of the 480 seats in the lower chamber of the Diet.

A number of people have attributed the LDP's big win to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's strategy of focusing on the single issue of postal privatization.

True, the LDP and its candidates emphasized the benefits of postal reform throughout the campaign. However, voters must be well-aware that postal privatization is not the only issue confronting Japan.