Campaigning has kicked off for the second round of unified local elections next Sunday, prompting many candidates to fire up megaphone-armed vans to holler their names and slogans through each neighborhood in their constituency.
It’s a familiar sight in Japan, but one 30-year-old Chiyoda Ward candidate, Takeori Yamashita, thoroughly rejects.
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