Updated Mar 13, 2021 | 16:37 IST
According to local reports, Kawai s appearance is directed to annoy his opponent Masayuki Hiratsuka, who is the current head of the People’s Sovereignty Party Source: 河合ゆうすけ【KAWAPAの河合】チャンネル  |  Photo Credit: YouTube
Is this Japanese man trying to send a message by clowning around? If he is, it is certainly working and going viral.
A prefecture outside Tokyo has garnered worldwide attention after a political candidate started mimicking DC supervillain the Joker while announcing his candidacy to become the governor.
Yusuke Kawai, who is in the race to become Chiba Prefecture governor, announced his candidacy with the party to make Chiba a land of magic and dreams .
Failed SA and federal political candidate Mark Aldridge loses gun licence after threatening to shoot hoons
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Mark Aldridge has lost a Supreme Court bid to keep his firearm licence.
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A failed South Australian and federal political candidate and animal sanctuary owner has lost a bid to keep his firearms licence after a tribunal found he threatened to shoot hoon drivers in 2017.
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He appealed that decision to the SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The decision was upheld
Mark Aldridge who has run in a number of state and federal elections, both as an independent and One Nation candidate applied to the SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) to get his firearms licence reinstated after it was cancelled.