Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:54 AM - Edit history (2)
His name is Kenji Utsunomiya and he's running, unfortunately, on the Communist Party ticket, which means he doesn't have a chance of winning. It is unfortunate that the Communist Party of Japan continues to adhere to that name, since it automatically turns off a lot of voters even though the party's platform is more in line with a European labor/green party. For example, Utsunomiya's platform calls for
1) Making Tokyo the easiest place in the world to live and work
2) Putting greater emphasis on environmental issues and preventing and mitigating disasters
3) Opposition to restarting nuclear facilities and nuclear exports. Using Tokyo as a springboard for creating a non-nuclear society and economy.
4) Making schools places without bullying that instill a joy of learning in children
5) Putting the brakes on the "runaway Abe administration", protecting the Japanese Constitution, and making Tokyo a "transmitter of peace" to the rest of Asia.
Edit history
= new reply since forum marked as read