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Upper House Election: Japan Election Sees Second Highest Number of Women Running; Momentum Gaining for Balanced Representation

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:06 JST, July 4, 2025

The official campaign period for the House of Councillors election began Thursday with 152 women entering the race — the second highest figure on record. Of these, 102 are running in prefectural constituency races and 50 in the proportional representation bloc, bringing the share of female contender...

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