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.

  • tiredofsametab@kbin.run
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    5 months ago

    https://github.com/takahiroanno2024/election2024/issues/121 for sure. Those stupid mosquito things still feel like someone is poking my brain with a screwdriver when I walk by.

    Not that I could vote even if I did still live in Tokyo. A couple of areas allow for foreign PR holders to vote for local things, but Tokyo does not allow it for the metro level.

    I don’t really know this guy’s politics, but it is interesting to see what issues people are opening. Of course, it will only show a subset of even eligible voters, but it’s still neat to read through and see what various constituents are thinking.