The site has been created since July 2009 and operated by Taichi IRIE, a web designer who is independent from any political parties.
565 accounts consist of politicians and political parties are displayed side by side. Readers can compare politician's tweets.
565 accounts consist of politicians and political parties are displayed side by side. Readers can compare politician's tweets.
In English, 140-character is too short to explain a policy, to discuss political issues or to interact with supporters. However, in Japanese, which use Chinese ideographic characters, it can. It is said that a tweet written in Japanese has doubled or tripled information than one in English.
After the American Presidential elections in 2008, a few of Japanese politicians started to use Twitter. However they aren't allowed to tweet (and to write their blog!) during their election campaign period due to Japanese Public Offices Election Act. They have tried to revise the act since 2009, but the revision has been postponed so far.
Seems pretty dangerous for a politician to put their thought on writing, do you think their posts are edited beforehand by the party?
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