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Japan: Has the age of the Internet arrived?

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Elections, Media & Journalism, Politics, Technology

Japanese blogger hirochan comments on the recent elections in Japan [1] [Ja] and gives his insights into the nature of the role of the Internet in political and election campaigns in Japan. He points out the fact that Japanese politicians are not maximizing the potential of the Internet as a tool, and points to the failure of such politicians to use this tool to compensate the lack of coverage by mainstream media.