- It's been 36 years since the last time Japan held a general election in the middle of winter, and there's a practical reason for that: many areas of the country get a lot of snow this time of the year. How do you campaign and put up posters in heavy snowfall? www.asahi.com/articles/ASV...Jan 15, 2026 01:37
- In parts of Japan called "snow country" because of their heavy snowfall, local governments will be burdened with the responsibility of erecting hundreds or thousands of election poster boards that might not even be visible under the snow.
