Suggestive poses and pets in election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience

There is also a poster for AI.

Definitely, I would vote for him/her.

But this year's wackiness — notably from non-candidates renting the billboard space — is proving exceptional, and residents have flooded election offices with angry calls and messages.

Pets and unconventional appearances cause this activism?

Yet the suits, guts poses, smarmy grins and meaningless slogans of the ruling uniparty who are getting away with tax fraud, bribery and getting paid off by their corporate cronies while wasting the public treasury do not raise their ire?

One candidate called AI Mayor used an image of a metallic humanoid.

I would argue two of the most highly paid jobs in most societies, politician and CEO, are very automatable at even the present tech level and the savings would be tremendous.

I was looking for an early period Japan "beer poster "

Holy Crap Batman !!! soft porn on every beer label. This was the 1980's

Went back to the "war period "

Jesus ...the background shadow of the beer can was an artillery shell.

Cant a man get a beer poster about beer.?

The Japanese love embarrassing themselves on the world stage; it provides a consistent source of light amusement in otherwise dark times.

i like it. white gloves, waving and droning on about nothing is just as laughable.

i hope some get elected, don’t you?

DatAssToday  06:35 pm JST

The Japanese love embarrassing themselves on the world stage; it provides a consistent source of light amusement in otherwise dark times

World stage?

This is the probably the most excitment any elections have seen in ages.

Rather look at dogs on election posters than the nauseating usual fare of white waving gloves, loud repeating of their own name onegaishimasu and guts poses.

BTW, isn't this the Anti-NHK Party? If so, I'd vote for 'em.

What are "gut poses"? I've seen that phrase mentioned in a couple of comments here.

The whole thing is a total yawnfest. Nothing will change, no matter who wins this

Politics is a circus of clowns anyways, so feel like this is the most honest thing I’ve seen in awhile.

Doggie and AI election posters aside, people still wear masks?

Doggie and AI election posters aside, people still wear masks?

Well, at least one does as we can see in the picture.

Does it upset you?

Do whetever you want, Koike will win..

“We have to be wacky or we don’t get media attention,” Tachibana said in a YouTube comment posted on the party website.

Correct. But why? Why does he want to get media attention? Don't you think it's strange there's no supportive statement following? Media reports including this one never ever touch on it. They are intentionally hiding it from the public. They don't even write the name of his political party. It's because the party's name is so descriptive that readers can easily understand his mission, and media don't like it.

I'd vote for the samurai. Make Japan Great Again.