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Takaichi faces heat over defamatory campaign video scandal

Summary by The Japan Times
A report claims that her campaign posted defamatory videos of her rivals on social media during election time. The release of audio recordings has intensified the controversy.

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Takaichi faces heat over defamatory campaign video scandal

A report claims that her campaign posted defamatory videos of her rivals on social media during election time. The release of audio recordings has intensified the controversy.

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Video Criticizing Koizumi in the Presidential Election: Producer Consulted with Prime Minister's Secretary (Kyodo News)

Regarding the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election last October, a man who is the head of an IT company spoke to Kyodo News online by the 7th, testifying that he created and posted a video using his own artificial intelligence (AI) software that criticized Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi as a "puppet" and other things, with the aim of getting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi elected.

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The Japan Times broke the news in Japan on Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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