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Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2025: report, part 2

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Students playing candidates, wearing sashes on stage in front of the "Candidates' debate" screen (Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2025, organized by TEIGEN JP)
A participant writing a party name on a sash while preparing for the campaign
Students holding up a handmade sash
Hands writing on a sash with markers
Students playing candidates, wearing sashes and waiting backstage for their turn to speak
A high school student playing a candidate, wearing a sash and looking straight ahead while speaking on stage
A candidate making the case for a policy at the lectern under the slide "Revitalizing the local economy"
A photographer covering the candidates' debate
A university student wearing a sash and giving a supporting speech, microphone in hand
The debate stage with the policy slide "Education support that brings in businesses"
Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2025: report, part 2 — photo 11
Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2025: report, part 2 — photo 12
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Part 2: the stump speeches
Teams worked flat out on policy ideas, campaign sashes and presentations, exactly as in a real campaign, right up to the moment the speeches began.

The election itself, and six candidates carrying it. Policies argued out with their teams, delivered in speeches each carrying the person who gave it — the words had something in them. It was a session that made you feel what a young person's voice can do.

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About TEIGEN JP

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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