Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums, a Government Report Says - New York Times

Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums, a Government Report Says - New York Times
CCTVJapan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums, a Government Report SaysNew York Times, NY - 5 hours agoBy NORIMITSU ONISHI. TOKYO, Dec. 13 ? They were supposed to be exercises in grass-roots democracy, events during which Japan?s political leaders met and …Japan ’staged’ ministerial forums BBC Newsall 22 news articles

Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums, a Government Report Says (New York Times)

Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums, a Government Report Says (New York Times)
In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the report concluded that ?town meetings? included people paid to ask planted questions.

Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums a Government Report Says

Japan?s Leaders Rigged Voter Forums a Government Report Says
TOKYO Dec. 13 They were supposed to be exercises in grass-roots democracy events during which s political leaders met and talked with voters more accustomed to a political system in which decisions were simply handed down. The government even baptized them town meetings or TM using English to suggest perhaps that they were something so new so revolutionary that their essence could hardly be captured in Japanese.