Japanese political parties and lawmakers actively used social media and the internet for their political activities in 2023, 10 years after internet election campaigns became legal, political funds reports have shown.
The use of online messaging by political parties is seen to be accelerating further as smartphones becoming even more important tools for reaching voters and affecting their voting behavior.
According to the reports for 2023, disclosed by the internal affairs ministry Friday, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan spent about ¥129 million for online dissemination last year.
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