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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #18: Disabled Author Hirotada Ototake to Run in Lower House Tokyo By-Election
Disability News Japan
English - April 11, 2024 21:00 - 2 minutes - 5.15 MBNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Author of ‘No One’s Perfect’, Hirotada Ototake said on Monday April 8th that he will run as an independent in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency with the backing of Tomin First no Kai or ‘Tokyoites First Party’, a political organization closely linked to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike that he serves as deputy leader. Ototake said that as one who has congenital tetra-amelia syndrome, he wants to "help people in need through the power of politics.”
Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/04/08/disabled-japanese-author-hirotada-ototake-to-run-in-lower-house-by-election/