重點資訊
In the year 1987, the ultranationalist group Nihon Kōmintō devised a surreal political strategy against presidential hopeful Noboru Takeshita, despite opposing him completely.
The group deployed propaganda trucks with loudspeakers to praise Takeshita excessively across the streets, portraying him as an earthly god and the world's greatest financial expert while urging citizens to vote for him.
Although it sounded positive to outsiders, the absurdly enthusiastic delivery made it clear to everyone that the relentless cloud of praise was actually meant to convey the opposite.
This irony-driven maneuver was named homegoroshi, or killing with praise, which eventually forced Takeshita to enlist a yakuza group to halt the campaign.
The resulting scandal reached the Japanese Parliament, and although Takeshita eventually became prime minister, both sides had to explain how the situation unfolded to prevent such actions and ties from ever recurring.
