Japan last year around this time was still charged ... Since holding up a flip board on March 25 bearing the "mitsu" slogan, Koike, 68, has repeatedly been seen saying, “Mitsu desu!” ...
What remained in the final version was the slogan “pleasant Japan.” The slogan was originally made known by Taichi Sakaiya, a writer who initiated the 1970 World Expo held in Osaka Prefecture.