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[[File:Gaisensha-shinjukuwestexit-ldp-june5-2016.ogv|thumb|A [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] sound truck in [[Shinjuku]], during an election campaign in 2016]] |
[[File:Gaisensha-shinjukuwestexit-ldp-june5-2016.ogv|thumb|A [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] sound truck in [[Shinjuku]], during an election campaign in 2016]] |
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In Japan, [[sound truck]]s ({{lang|ja|街宣車}}, ''gaisensha'') equipped with a [[public address system]] and [[loudspeaker]]s are 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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Many [[Uyoku dantai|right-wing political groups]] and [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese nationalists]] 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. |
Many [[Uyoku dantai|right-wing political groups]] and [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese nationalists]] 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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Revision as of 22:47, 26 August 2021
In Japan, sound trucks (街宣車, gaisensha) equipped with a public address system and loudspeakers are 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 loudspeakers which play a recorded message or recorded music as the truck tours through neighborhoods.
Many right-wing political groups and Japanese nationalists drive around city streets in sound trucks, play nationalistic music at high volume and communicate their political views to the citizenry.[1] They sometimes station themselves on a street, while one of the group's members addresses the public.
While some Japanese people are annoyed with these displays by the right wing groups, few openly challenge or complain to those who operate the trucks.[2] The Japanese police tend to ignore them or allow them to operate freely, in the interest of free speech.
To a lesser extent, the Japanese Communist Party also uses sound trucks.
See also
References
- ^ Brasor, Philip. "Rightwingers who scream the loudest allowed to win in Japan," The Japan Times, February 28, 2008
- ^ Shibuichi, Daiki. "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
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