Tokyo's governor election akin to a 'presidential race'

Once again, Tokyo-centric reporting, but this time kicking everyone else out of the country too!

low press freedom at Japanese society don't akin to US presidential race at all.

TV channels don't broadcast TV debate among major candidates on the excuse of "political fairness". Because present governor Koike with many suspicions or injustices has escaped from TV debate despite former TV anchor person. 

Besides, major media at Tokyo avoid even mentioning about Koike's inconvenient facts such as no achievement of political promises, destroying disabled dogs or cats, slush fundraising like LDP, unclear collusion with estate corporations or ad corporations and falsifying career.

Therefore, they have no fact checking about candidates' remarks, no even summary about last 8 years of Koike metropolitan regime.

Absolutely

Two geriatrics with no clear policies, controlled by powerful national companies.

Tokyo's governor election akin to a 'presidential race'

Not even close to being true

And probably a good thing

A governor isn't a president

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Nothing like a US presidential election that is the most expensive and time-consuming in the world.

Never understood why some parliamentary countries have presidential subnational entities (eg directly elected governors in Japanese Prefectures, directly elected mayors in some Canadian cities).

Why not parliamentary all the way down (eg leader of the majority or coalition becomes premier of Tokyo, with the governor being the prefectural figurehead and mascot; leader of majority or coalition becomes city leader of vancouver, with the mayor being the city mascot)?

Tokyo's governor election akin to a 'presidential race'

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Err, not comparable.

Tomogami is Ishihara 2.0

drawing nationwide attention as a "presidential race."

Except for certain facts such as being an election for a governor in a country without a president.

Yeah... it's nothing at all like a presidential race, sorry. They just want to try and make it big news because the presidential debate made huge news in the US and abroad. Same as when the Queen died they wanted to hold a massive state funeral for Abe, since, you know, they are "the same thing", and on the daily news after showing the horrors of what is happening in Ukraine and Gaza they pivot quickly to showing scenes of devastation and talking about how Japan suffered in the invasion of Okinawa.

Basically, they take major world topics and try to make it all about them, relating it in any way possible. The only actual thing they might have in common is that Koike and Tamogami, but ultra-nationalists as well (though more so the fool Tamogami), are old like Trump and Biden, and almost as incompetent as Trump.

Japanese unbalanced news shows spend more hours to feature US president election than Tokyo governor election.