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I was wandering around Shibuya the other night and ran across a construction divider plastered with stickers of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The stickers gradually sprung up shortly after the 1 year anniversary of the 3.11 nuclear disaster. These and many others are the work of a designer/underground artist cryptically named “281 AntiNuke” targeting Tepco Photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert documented some of 281′s handy work throughout the city along with a photograph of what appears to be 281 himself standing beside one of his stickers. I can’t find any other information on this artistic crusader otherwise. So far, I haven’t seen these two photos uploaded online. One is a an Obama Hope poster parody with the President’s visage replaced by a collage of nuclear trefoils. The other is another of Noda as a ventriloquist dummy with the tagline “Follow the Follower.”
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  Yes, what’s your story? The White House wants to know. It’s supposed to be an uplifting video in which you tell about what you’ve done in your hood. The end is a collection of videos that’ll continue to tell the story of “Asian Americans. That said, what their kick off video that’ll help you get an idea of what they want. (The White House – What’s Your Story?)   [youtube]UiSgHYNd53Q[/youtube]
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