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Is This Vibrant Democracy in Japan, or Has the Circus Come to Town?
- phs318u 2y agoP. T. Barnum would be proud. Interestingly, I just learned that he was a politician as well.
- rawgabbit 2y ago> During a campaign broadcast on NHK, Airi Uchino, the young entrepreneur, removed a striped, button-down shirt to reveal her cleavage in a cream-colored tube top. “I’m not just cute,” she purred, inviting prospective voters to connect with her on Line, Japan’s popular messaging app. “I’m sexy, right?”
- rawgabbit 2y agoRelated video. https://youtu.be/5iv4lCUijTk https://youtu.be/5iv4lCUijTk
- ohmyiv 2y agoArchive: https://archive.is/20240707001203/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/world/asia/tokyo-goverors-election.html https://archive.is/20240707001203/https://www.nytimes.com/20... Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/world/asia/tokyo-goverors-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U0.AKy4.22glm7wvRZ0B&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/world/asia/tokyo-goverors...
- smarm52 2y agoShould be pretty democratic, they use a method for proportional representation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method The problem may be that the elderly form a voting bloc, which can sway elections. Maybe this profusion of candidates indicates there are a lot of smaller groups that also want representation, but have trouble coordinating to win concessions from the larger voting bloc?