Hello!
My name is Mitsutoshi Arima. I am sophomre at Rikkyo.
In this article, I want to introduce Hikari Ota, who is a Japanese comedian and teams up with Yuji Tnaka as the comedy duo BAKUSYOU MONDAI -which roughly translates as "matter of a roaring laugh."
He has a famous TV program, If I Became Prime Minister. In this program, he accuses the country's leaders. His treatment might seem tame in other countries, but in Japanit represents a bold foray into the formerly forbidden territory of political satire.
Japan's traditional deference in japan.
But taboos have eroded over the last decade as bereaucrats have to authority has long limited comedians to nonpolitical slapstic routines. Freedom of expression has relatively short histry been shamed by scandals, politicians have become more dependent on public opinion, and ordinary people are growing more vocal.
These days nearly anything is fair game. Ota and his colleagues lampoon the prime minister ,joke about policies and even treated on ultimate taboo.
At last, Ota might be symbolic of modern Japanese society.
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I was surprised because you wrote about BAKUSYO MONDAI on your first contribution.
It is still not so common to talk about political things with friends in Japan except during a political campaign.
But we might be able to touch some taboo during the LF forum like Ota Hikaru.
Are you going to vote tomorrow?
YOKO
Just as like yoko-san, I was surprised to see your topic. Although I knew what Ota was doing in his TV program, I did not pay much attention to him. But seeing your comment, I am now curious to know more about him and his program.
By the way, I found out some unseen words in your comment, like " foray" or "lampoon".Are they kind of European English or just my luck of knowledge?
Reading your comment, I feel you discribe the change of Japanese people's mind from very interesting point of view.
I agree with you. Hikari Ota is an unprecedented commedian. "If I become a prime minister" is one of my favorite TV program. It's interesting that various kinds of people such as politicians, actor s and commedians seriously discuss social problem.
If you have a lot of interests in him. I recommend you the book wrriten by him "Make the article 9 world heritage" . He shows his own opinion in it.
I was surprised too!! I thought you would go in to more serious matters. But I enjoyed your article!!!
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