Please write a research paper on Local Volunteerism in Japanese Politics. Please talk about the volunteer fire departments, Disaster relief volunteers, Neigborhood associations, Festival volunteers, and all things local volunteeerism in japan. Please talk about the ways people volunteer in japan and end off with how the rate of volunteering is on the decline and explain why.
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