"SNS Elections" Have Become More Prevalent in the Tokyo Metropolitan Election, with 80% of Candidates Using YouTube

Mainichi Shimbun

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was held on the 22nd. It has become certain that the Komeito Party will fail to win any of its candidates for the first time in 36 years. Komeito fielded 22 candidates, one fewer than its current number of seats, and was aiming for a ninth consecutive election in which all candidates were elected.

Nikkei

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Social media has become one of the main battlefields in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, which goes to vote on the 22nd. Many candidates are using it to communicate their policies, and Tokyo residents are also using it as a reference when choosing who to vote for, but there is no system in place to curb fake and misinformation. With the House of Councillors election in July set to be an intensifying election battle, it seems likely that…

NHK World

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[NHK] By the 20th, more than 1.25 million people had voted early in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a rate of more than 250,000 compared to the previous election four years ago...