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Shinjiro Koizumi and his supporting lawmakers agree with stealth marketing strategies, right ?

The Liberal Democratic Party(hereinafter called LDP) of Japan presidential election has begun.
The broadcast stance of the old media remains unchanged. It has again become clear that the old media is not neutral or fair.
In situations like this, the serious accusation attack from Shukan Bunshun has exploded against Shinjiro Koizumi who is the leading candidate in the LDP presidential election and is also supported by the old media.

Former Digital Minister Karen Makishima, part of Shinjiro Koizumi’s campaign team requested posts praising candidate Shinjiro Koizumi on internet streaming videos. This behavior is considered a stealth marketing strategy and has become a significant issue in recent years.
However, this request did not only involve posts praising candidate Shinjiro Koizumi, it also requested posts disparaging the opposing candidate.

It is our guess that the Shinjiro Koizumi campaign team was looking for a strategy to quickly gain public favor from this unfavorable situation.
Shinjiro Koizumi immediately held a press conference and cleanly accepted the facts.
During the press conference, Koizumi stated that he was unaware of such a request, but that he takes full responsibility for everything his campaign team did. He also apologized with the following words.

『Some of the examples provided (to disparage the opposing candidate) contained extremely dirty language. I apologize.』

What ?
Apologizing for dirty wording ?
But stealth marketing is fine ?

What do those LDP lawmakers who call themselves conservative centrists but lean left who support Shinjiro Koizumi in this presidential election think about this issue ?
If they don’t show some response to this issue, it’s only natural that these lawmakers will be seen as engaging in stealth marketing. They’ll likely feel the same way in the next election too.

As we thought, most of the current LDP probably wants to clear out the conservatives and steering the party toward becoming a left-wing party. In the first place, they are showing themselves to be proper left-wingers by calling their opposing candidate “business pseudo-conservatives”.
If they believe themselves to be conservative centrists, they’ll only become a minority party. In fact, one reason for their crushing defeat in this House of Councillors election was that conservative supporters have abandoned them.

If the LDP president supported by these people takes office, they might well restart the East Asian Community initiative—excluding the United States—previously proposed by the former Democratic Party. In fact, these people said they would significantly ease visa requirements for Chinese nationals.

Furthermore, the LDP has clearly stated to the general public that “the LDP headquarters will take legal action, including requesting disclosure of personal information, against accounts that impersonate others on social media or repeatedly spread false/misinformation and slander.”
While clearly stating that they will strictly control the speech of the people, their stance that they themselves are the exception is completely the ideology of leftist dictatorship.

Reference: BUNSHUN ONLINE(2025/09/29)
ttps://bunshun.jp/articles/-/82367#goog_rewarded

Reference: THE SANKEI SHINBUN(2025/09/29)
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250925-RVV2YZLUZRIVJD6LPW4VZBBBQE

Reference: MAINICHI SHINBUN(2025/09/29)
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20250926/k00/00m/010/081000c

Reference: THE NIKKEI(2025/09/29)
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA1930H0Z10C25A9000000
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA245OH0U4A221C2000000

Reference: The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan(2025/09/28)
https://www.jimin.jp/ssl/netelection.html

Reference: Prime Minister’s official residence(2025/09/29)
https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/hatoyama/statement/200911/15singapore.html

Reference: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(2025/07/25)
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/2003/03/tp0311-1.html

Reference: Consumer Affairs Agency(2025/09/29)
https://www.caa.go.jp/policies/policy/representation/fair_labeling/faq/stealth_marketing

Thanks.
2025/09/30