サーカスが街にやって来た？

今朝のニューヨークタイムズに都知事選
Is This Vibrant Democracy in Japan, or Has the Circus Come to Town?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/world/asia/tokyo-governors-election.html?campaign_id=301&emc=edit_ypgu_20240707&instance_id=128146&nl=your-places:-global-update®i_id=208803707&segment_id=171521&te=1&user_id=7b5993488b61c36d59bba56f318278ca

「候補者の増加は、茶番劇のようなサーカスのような雰囲気を生み出し、本当の変化をさらに遠ざけている」と評し末尾では
読売、朝日両紙が三井と組んだ小池に乗って神宮外苑再開発に投資していることが現職有利に加担、としている

As the incumbent, Ms. Koike had a large advantage: No previous occupant of the office had lost an election. She also benefited from a largely compliant news media. Though it has dug into rumors that she misrepresented her graduation from Cairo University, it has not investigated allegations that she has favored Mitsui Fudosan, the developer, in construction contracts.

One possible reason: Two of the country’s largest newspapers, the Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun, are investing in one of those building projects.