Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) founder and deputy leader Toru Hashimoto continued his personal Twitter feed Thursday, two days after campaigning officially began and a day after Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the legality of his actions would be left up to the police.
In addition, Hashimoto attacked media outlets that reported that he'd agreed to suspend the use of Twitter during the campaign. He has more than 900,000 followers and posted 122 messages during the first two days of the campaign.
Under election law, only certain types of designated "election campaigns" are allowed during the official campaign period, but these do not include politicking conducted over the Internet.