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{{Short description|Use of trucks with loudspeakers in Japan}} |
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'''Sound trucks in Japan''' (''gaisensha'', {{lang|ja|街宣車}}) are [[sound truck]]s, [[truck]]s equipped with [[public address system]]s, used by political parties and candidates to express their views. Vendors also use sound trucks for the purpose of selling goods, collecting recyclable materials, and other purposes. The trucks have one or more [[loudspeaker]]s which play a recorded message or recorded music as the truck tours through neighborhoods. |
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In Japan, {{nihongo|[[sound truck]]s|街宣車|gaisensha}} are vehicles equipped with a [[public address system]]. They have been used notably in political and commercial contexts, and have one or more [[loudspeaker]]s which can play a recorded message or recorded music as the truck tours through neighborhoods. In the political world, they are used by parties, candidates, and groups to express their views. In the early days of Japanese post-war democracy, they were one of the most common means of conducting [[Political campaign|political campaigns]], alongside the likes of [[Radio|radio announcements]] and sponsored meetings.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Soukup|first=James R.|date=1963|title=Japan|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2127429|journal=The Journal of Politics|volume=25|issue=4|pages=737–756|doi=10.2307/2127429|issn=0022-3816}}</ref> In a commercial context, [[Vendor|vendors]] also use sound trucks for the purpose of selling goods, collecting [[recyclable materials]], and other purposes. |
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Many right-wing political groups drive around city streets in sound trucks, play nationalistic music at high volume and communicate their political views to the citizenry.<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20080224pb.html Brasor, Philip. "Rightwingers who scream the loudest allowed to win in Japan,"] ''[[The Japan Times]]'', February 28, 2008</ref> They sometimes station themselves on a street, while one of the group's members addresses the public. |
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Many Japanese people are annoyed with these displays by the right wing groups; however, few Japanese openly challenge or complain to those who operate the trucks.<ref>Shibuichi, Daiki. [http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/2007/Shibuichi.html "The 'Uyoku Rōnin Dō': Assessing the Lifestyles and Values of Japan's Contemporary Right Wing Radical Activists,"] ''electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies'', November 28, 2007</ref> The Japanese police tend to ignore them or allow them to operate freely, in the interest of free speech. |
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The use of these sound trucks can be subject to so-called nuisance laws{{multiple image |
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The right-wing sound trucks in Japan often disregard stop signs and stoplights, even on busy streets, and can have a negative effect on businesses when they regularly pass or station themselves in front. Many of the right wing groups who operate the sound trucks are assumed to have [[Yakuza]] connections.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110618020807/http://www.businessweek.com/archives/2000/b3678153.arc.htm Bremner, Brian. "The Sounds of Japan's Silence,"] ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Businessweek]]'', April 24, 2000</ref><ref>Berman, Roy. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mutantfrog/47951300/ "Japanese right wing sound truck,"] flickr, by Mutantfrog, April 28, 2004</ref> |
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To a lesser extent, the [[Japanese Communist Party]] also uses sound trucks. |
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| caption1 = Nationalist sound truck, demonstrating in [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] on [[Constitution Memorial Day|Constitution day]]. The large white characters read from the right (the front of the vehicle) {{lang|ja|敬愛倭塾}} ''kei ai yamato juku'', literally translate as "respect ancient Japan school". |
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| caption2 = Sound truck, operated by the [[Japanese Communist Party]], seen in [[Aichi, Japan]] |
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* [[Japanese nationalism]] |
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* [[Uyoku dantai]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:44, 19 June 2024
In Japan, sound trucks (街宣車, gaisensha) are vehicles equipped with a public address system. They have been used notably in political and commercial contexts, and have one or more loudspeakers which can play a recorded message or recorded music as the truck tours through neighborhoods. In the political world, they are used by parties, candidates, and groups to express their views. In the early days of Japanese post-war democracy, they were one of the most common means of conducting political campaigns, alongside the likes of radio announcements and sponsored meetings.[1] In a commercial context, vendors also use sound trucks for the purpose of selling goods, collecting recyclable materials, and other purposes.
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[edit]The use of these sound trucks can be subject to so-called nuisance laws
Nationalist sound truck, demonstrating in Kyoto, Japan on Constitution day. The large white characters read from the right (the front of the vehicle) 敬愛倭塾 kei ai yamato juku, literally translate as "respect ancient Japan school".
Sound truck, operated by the Japanese Communist Party, seen in Aichi, Japan
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