He may have shared the world’s worst handshake with its Prime Minister, but President Trump is still big in Japan. Starting in late March, a set of splashy..<\/b>
He may have shared the world\u2019s worst handshake with its Prime Minister, but President Trump is still big in Japan.
Starting in late March, a set of splashy ads depicting Trump appeared in train cars and metro stations around Tokyo. As a spokesman from Twitter Japan explained to TechCrunch, the Trump ads are one part of a new brand campaign that began on Monday, March 20 and is scheduled to run for two weeks. The campaign\u2019s slogan is \u201c#\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u77e5\u3089\u306a\u3044\u4eca\u304c\u3042\u308b\u201d which translates to \u201cThere is now you do not know\u201d \u2014 one comprised of millions of tweets flashing by in realtime, presumably.
Trump might be the campaign\u2019s most controversial topic, but the it spanned a number of topics beyond politics. The other sample themes include a social issues ad about Japanese nursery schools, an entertainment focused one depicting paparazzi, a sports ad featuring high school baseball and sumo, a food ad showing tamago-kake-gohan (egg on rice) and, naturally, one about cats.
Another Twitter spokesperson clarified that \u201cThis ad campaign is Japan-specific,\u201d so don\u2019t expect to see them creeping up in Trump-hostile train stations around New York or San Francisco. He added that the company ran another political ad campaign in the U. S. last October. That one included similarly stark photos of both presidential candidates, a raft of refugees, and a pot plant, among other symbols of domestic and international conversation.
At the time, Twitter explained the ad push on its blog . \u201cBecause Twitter is open, it\u2019s the place for people to see and discuss the issues from every perspective,\u201d Twitter\u2019s global creative director wrote. \u201cThis campaign highlights the top issues being discussed on Twitter \u2013 it reflects different sides and doesn\u2019t take sides.\u201d<\/p>\n