An animated video released by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that attempts to explain the need for the security bills currently being debated by the Diet has spawned a scathing parody that attempts to shoot holes in the ruling coalition's argument for the legislation.
Despite being uploaded a week after the LDP's video first appeared, thanks to social media it is now on track to overtake the original in number of views. As of Tuesday afternoon, it had garnered almost 149,000 views, compared to nearly 160,000 for the original.
The new video, uploaded to YouTube on Thursday by an anonymous user under the screen name Akari chan, dubs over the original voices to present at times humorous counterarguments to the government line.