[Big Booger]

Inuyama?? Dog Mountain?

Glad to see a gaijin going political in Japan.. but I don't know if this guy can really change the Japanese system..
I applaud his effort and enthusiasm.

[Marvin Feltcher]

I was under the impression that you have to be a Japanese national to stand for election here.
Anyway, good luck to him.

[40 Fl. oz.]

ha! i used to live in inuyama! fucking sucked balls. smallest town in the world!

[tidbits]

Been there. If you are in Nagoya and like to take a dip in the Onsen, Inuyama is the nearest place. Around 30 minutes train ride from Nagoya station.

[Taro Toporific]

I was under the impression that you have to be a Japanese national to stand for election here.
Anyway, good luck to him.

I assume the FG running for office is like Finland-born Upper-House member Tsurunen Marutei, who has citizenship and runs for public office every few years here in Yokohama. He ran without any success until Ohashi Kyosen gave him his seat out of disgust with his Diet job back in Feb 2002.

The Right to be Employed in Public Office
68. Japanese nationality is required for civil servants who participates in the exercise of public power or in public decision-making. On occasion of employment, Article 27 of the National Public Service Law and Article 13 of the Local Public Service Law provide that all nationals are treated equally in application of these Laws and that they are not discriminated against by race or for other reasons. Thus, racial or ethnic discrimination is prohibited.

Tsurunen Marutei(Martti Turnen) has become the first Westerner to sit in the Japanese Parliament. He came to Japan in 1967 as a missionary, then took up citizenship in 1979 when he married a Japanese woman.