Hey kids, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe ‘will finally start doing Instagram in 2018’
As of Sunday afternoon, Abe’s first official account had almost 40,000 followers, while it followed six accounts
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set up an Instagram account, promising to start posting in earnest in the new year on the photo-sharing social media platform, which is especially popular among young people.
The message was hashtagged with several words including those meaning “beginner” and “first post”.
As of Sunday afternoon, Abe’s account had almost 40,000 followers, while it followed six accounts -those of his Liberal Democratic Party, fellow LDP politicians and members of his Cabinet Seiko Noda and Hiroshige Seko, former Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, his wife Akie Abe and retired figure skater Mao Asada.
In a sign of the social media’s popularity in Japan, “Insta-bae” meaning “looking good on Instagram,” was selected as one of the country’s top buzzwords for 2017 early this month, with many businesses launching photogenic products for people uploading photos on the platform.