Editing 2channel (section)

=== Politicians and 2channel ===<!-- Translated section from jawp: [[:ja:2ちゃんねる]] -->
[[Naoto Kan]], a future [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]] who was then a member of the [[National Diet]], sent a legal notice on 10 May 2000 demanding that 2channel delete a post by someone falsely claiming to be him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nishimura |first=Hiroyuki |date=2000-06-13 |title=民主党・菅直人氏より2ちゃんねるへの通知 |trans-title=Notice sent to 2channel from Democratic Party's Naoto Kan |url=http://log-chan.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kan02.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030127221349/http://log-chan.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kan02.html |archive-date=27 January 2003 |access-date=2020-05-28 |website=2channel |language=ja |via=[[Infoseek]] Japan: 2channel Log}}</ref>

After the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] presidential election in 2007, Prime Minister [[Tarō Asō]] stated in a [[Fuji TV]] interview that he sometimes posts on 2channel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-06 |title=麻生太郎氏「2ちゃん、時々書き込む」 |trans-title=Taro Aso: 2chan? Yes, I post on there sometimes. |url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/situation/071006/stt0710062210004-n1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009231025/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/situation/071006/stt0710062210004-n1.htm |archive-date=2007-10-09 |access-date=2020-05-21 |website=[[Sankei Shimbun]] |language=ja |via=MSN Japan}}</ref> During each election season, supporting posts for [[perennial candidates]] [[Mitsuo Matayoshi|Matayoshi Jesus]] and [[Mac Akasaka]] were frequently made on 2channel, turning them into something of a meme,<ref name="Asahi Shinbun-2019">{{Cite news |date=22 April 2019 |title=マック赤坂氏、港区議選に初当選 奇抜な政見放送で話題 |trans-title=Mac Akasaka wins Minato City election for the first time&mdash;received attention from unusual political broadcasts |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM4Q049DM4PUTIL02Z.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM4Q049DM4PUTIL02Z.html |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=20 March 2020 |work=Asahi Shinbun |language=ja |quote=マック赤坂氏は「スマイル党」を立ち上げ、2016年の東京都知事選や国政選挙など、過去に10回以上立候補。政見放送に奇抜な服装で臨むなどして、ネット上で話題を呼んできた。[Mac Akasaka, founder of the "Smile Party", has run for various offices, including national offices, more than ten times, such as in 2016 when he was a candidate for governor of Tokyo. The eccentric garments he wears during his political broadcasts, among other things he does online, have given him considerable attention.]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Murakami |first=Kōsuke |date=2019-04-22 |title=初当選マック赤坂氏「又吉イエスさんに報告したい」 |trans-title=Elected for first time, Mac Akasaka says: "I wish I could share this news with the late Matayoshi Jesus." |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/201904220000871.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/201904220000871.html |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=2020-03-20 |work=Nikkan Sports |language=ja}}{{cbignore}}</ref> similar to the repeated candidacies of [[Vermin Supreme]] in the United States. After more than ten failed candidacies for various political offices, including [[Governor of Tokyo]], Akasaka was eventually elected to the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly]], representing [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato]], in April 2019.<ref name="Asahi Shinbun-2019" /> ''Asahi Shimbun'' credited Akasaka's online fame with helping him win the surprise victory.<ref name="Asahi Shinbun-2019" />