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'Wacky election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience

TOKYO - Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before, with nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing.

It's impossible to ignore. With internet campaigning still relatively new, candidates traditionally use designated election billboards - more than 14,000

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