A poster featuring 13 members of all-girl pop group AKB48 encourages people to vote in the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial election. The posters will go up at JR and subway stations at 38 locations in Tokyo later this month.
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oberst
Center one got my vote.
asianTourist
I will vote for ..... futurist female candidate ...nine is a lucky number, but cannot see their faces clearly ..... vote by random ..... they are wearing a nice uniform skirt ..... Anyone want to run for the governor post? Raising your hand?
Tokyoapple
Voting doesn't matter--it's how much you give to whomever gets in.
asianTourist
Japan pays a decent salary and other benefits ... I guess, but double-check with Gov Shintaro Ishihara .... maybe - lifetime allowance ...
koriyamaboy
Nice idea but are they old enough to vote? Nicely put Tokyoapple.
paulinusa
"Nice idea but are they old enough to vote?"
And do any of them know who the candidates are?
Aizo Yurei
@koriyamaboy: Mariko Shinoda(the girl with the short hair in the front row) is 25 or at least will be soon
Bondsan
I know nothing about these girls although that looks like Sae Miyazawa standing next to Shinoda.
Does this inspire anyone to vote ? Perhaps a poll could be taken of the poster itself ..
globalwatcher
Great, but it became a tangue twisting after repeating it 10 times. Try it!
asianTourist
At the voting day, you may choose only one candidate, no more than one ... DPJ may recruit all 13 AKB48 members after the election day ends "Revitalizing Japan" ...
alphawolf
In this order K, Y, H and T. Those are my choices.
globalwatcher
alphawolf, how about Y.K.K.
oberst
each candidate should draw lot and have one member of the AKB48 to give them an identifiable " pretty public " face.
If the candidate is not happy with the face he/she drew, then they can " trade " with other candidates ( sort of like the trade in carbon emmission credits ).
This, i believe, would give the public better idea as to who or what they are voting for................
UsagitoSaru
omg nobody cares about these girls why is this picture of the day?
Nessie
Anyone else notice the subliminal double-echi?
Antonios_M
"Anata to tokyo no tame ni"...ok, it sounds convincing!!!
asianTourist
Usually, seniors reminds juniors to do something. "Anato to tokyo no tameni" is spoken by junior kawaii members, easily convincing Tokyoites to vote vote vote for Tokyo's benefits and everyone's benefits. If each political candidate can use one of this young lady as his or her PR member, that person needs to pay a fee to her agent company. If Tokyoites don't care about 13 AKB48 members, that means they never look at this poster at 38 locations in Tokyo. But passersby will look at this poster and go to vote because they know they can have a chance to see both ... the candidate of Tokyo governor and one of 13 AKB48 members ....
alphawolf
Usaqito,
because they are jailbait, that's why.
asianTourist
alphawolf
Don't read with your mind, then enjoy other features of JT as much as your imaginary power ...
alphawolf
Okay, I'll read with my feet.
Smythe
We should have the same in Canada when it comes to various votes, but doubt if lovely faces like that would be showen. So best to all of you in Japan.