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TEIGEN JP held its civic education program, Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2025 — The Other Side of the Ballot Box.
Forty-six middle and high school students from across the country took part, along with seven members of the Adachi Ward Assembly.
Part 1: group work and drafting policy
Part 2: the mock election and the vote
The second edition was open to the public all day, and residents, Diet members, press and many others came to watch alongside the participating students. It closed to a considerable response.
Acknowledgements
The following supported and helped make this possible. Our sincere thanks to all of them.
The Adachi Election Administration Commission (co-host); the Adachi Board of Education and Ward Assembly; Ritsumei Inc.; Earth Guardians Japan; the Chuo University society Vote at Chuo!!; the Tokyo Denki University newspaper committee; civic education officer Katsuyuki Yamada; Speaker Taro Tada; and assembly members Tetsuya Kudo, Yu Sugimoto, Masakazu Okada, Ayumi Mizuno, Yuma Nishinohara, Mikoto Kawamura, Kentaro Tomita, Noriko Tsuchiya and Mayumi Takahashi. In no particular order.
A student organization tackling the gap in opportunities for teenagers through hands-on education, with the mission of giving every teenager the chance to meet a self they have not yet met. Founded in Adachi, Tokyo in 2023; 38 high school and university students from 22 different schools across the Tokyo area take part. First Prize at the 1st National High School Policy Championship, the NHK President's Award at the 70th High School Students' Speech Contest, and a policy proposal to the then Prime Minister at his office (all 2023). The Mock Ward Mayoral Election has been held three times in Adachi, co-hosted with the Adachi Election Administration Commission in 2025 and 2026.
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