Japanisches Internet in Aufruhr: „#TakaichiRunsAway – NHK-Sonntagsdebatte abgesagt“ nach Skandal-Enthüllungen. Kamiya warnte: „Wenn Sie danach eine Straßenrede halten, werden Sie auf jeden Fall dafür kritisiert, dass Sie vor der Debatte davonlaufen.“ → Wie erwartet ist es Realität geworden
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a2526f7e691835d02537814748d4cbf78089865c
7 Kommentare
To be honest, she hasn’t had a great track record lately with regards to speaking off the cuff.
I can see why her advisors would tell her to skip the debate.
Need to save face before elections
Frankly, if I were a member of parliament, I’d be having a sit-down with leadership. This whole situation is not good for Japan’s international image.
Well, she has rheumatoid arthritis (which is worst in the morning) so it is not unnatural but…
Meanwhile, the echo chamber on Japanese twitter is criticizing the „ethics“ of complaining about her injury – as if there isn’t a far bigger ethical problem that she’s trying to run away from…
I mean this debate on public broadcast is a pretty big deal, and not showing up before the election isn’t going to be a good look.
TACO