New Democratic kancho Party

[Taro Toporific]

The "New Democratic Party"---formerly known as the Democratic Party Japan (DPJ)---has a new logo celebrating the grand Japanese tradition of kancho/カンチョー.

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Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency
The Japan Times | 2016-May-19
...The new logo features the letter M, the initial of the party’s Japanese name, Minshinto, in a way that resembles two people — one in blue and the other in red — standing arm in arm...DP President Katsuya Okada hailed the logo, saying it exudes “a feeling of vibrancy” and embodies the idea of “progressing toward the future.”
...After the logo chosen Thursday advanced to a shortlist of four candidates earlier this month, many people online noted a striking resemblance to that of Mie Prefecture-based confectionery company Imuraya Co...Imuraya spokesman Yasushi Iwamoto said it believed the DP logo was fundamentally different from its own and took no issue with the design. Although both logos appear to feature the letter M, the Imuraya version is a combination of two Is, Iwamoto said.
The online controversy, however, didn’t end there. Some joked that the logo looks as though a man in blue is groping the posterior of a woman in red.
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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

The idea of a Japanese plagiarising a logo is utterly unthinkable (but I could imagine them kanchoing or groping).

[yanpa]

Am I the only one who keeps hearing "ninshintou"?

[Hijinx]

Maybe they're just doing wall pushups.

[Russell]

Maybe they're just doing wall pushups.

Nope, they're just cleaning out toilet bowls with tooth brushes...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I thought they were boobies with pasties stuck to the undertit.

[Samurai_Jerk]

How'd Taro miss this one?



Make your kancho dreams a kancho reality with new, interconnecting KAN-CHO figures

[Taro Toporific]

How'd Taro miss this one?

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Make your kancho dreams a kancho reality with new, interconnecting KAN-CHO figures

Dang. I missed posting that one which got mixed in with all my Human Centipede pix.

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But getting back to the topic at hand...

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