Not too surprising that G+ as achannel would be chosen due to the disproportionally high number of Japanese here on G+, but a very interesting manouever. When will the rest of the world's politicians catch on and use social media as an interaction channel as opposed to a one-way information broadcast channel?
/via +Wayne Radinsky
Japan’s political candidates hang out with voters on Google+
Yesterday, the heads of Japan’s eight most popular political parties held eight consecutive Google+ Hangouts to engage with citizens across the country ahead of Sunday’s general election—arguably the …
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+mendel lee that's true, Obama has often been calls the social media friendliest of the us political scene. when will others follow suit though?
president obama did a google hangout at one point sometime last year.