A good summary of how the 2019 House of Councilors election has played out online comes via Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the cartoon “Yu-Gi-Oh!” During his promotion of a new art book, he shared an illustration on his Instagram page that was meant to encourage young people to vote. However, it came with a message from the artist that was critical of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and detailed his worries for Japan’s future.
