Random observations from a Parisian in Tokyo: It's Tokyo prefecture governor election this weekend, and some candidates are just memes. - eviltoast

There’s a Samurai and a Joker. The joker says he wants to legalize cannabis and rename the Shibuya district to “drug-addict” district.
As far as I understand, Japanese people are fairly politically apathetic and abstention is very high.

Edit: governor, not mayor.

  • oce 🐆@jlai.luOPFrançais
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    5 months ago

    There are vans with speakers shouting political slogans including the pro-emperor xenophobic nationalists. I was very surprised that this practice is allowed in the country of politeness.