Elections
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Tokyo Election Candidate Shinji Ishimaru Receives Youth Vote Through Grassroots Social Media Campaign Efforts
Shinji Ishimaru, a former mayor of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, put up a good fight in the To...
July 8, 2024
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8 Arrested over Campaign Posters for Tokyo Election; Charges Including Removing, Defacing Candidates’ Posters
The recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo saw a number of unprecedented incidents, including the...
July 8, 2024
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LDP Wins 2 Races, Loses 6 in Tokyo Assembly By-Elections; Results Well Short of Party’s Goal
The Liberal Democratic Party only won two races in Sunday’s by-elections for the Tokyo metropolitan ...
July 8, 2024
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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Wins Third Straight Term; Voters Respond to Achievements in Child Care, Education
Incumbent Yuriko Koike was certain to win the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday, in which th...
July 7, 2024
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Tokyo Governor’s Election Sees 34.12％ Turnout as of 6 P.M., Up 0.38 Percentage Point From Previous Race in 2020
Voter turnout for the Tokyo gubernatorial election was estimated at 34.12% as of 6 p.m. Sunday, u...
July 7, 2024
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Record High Early Votes in Tokyo Gubernatorial Election; Over 1.6 Mil. Votes Cast in 15 Days
A record 1.65 million early voters cast their ballots in the Tokyo gubernatorial election ahead o...
July 7, 2024
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Higher-Than-Usual Turnout Expected for Tokyo Governor Vote; 92％ of Polled Voters Express Interest in Election
Turnout for Sunday’s Tokyo gubernatorial election is being closely watched as, with a record 56 c...
July 6, 2024
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Tokyo Assembly By-elections Enter Final Stage Of Campaigning; Sunday Vote Is Expected To Prefigure Lower House Election Outcome
The ruling and opposition parties are throwing all their energy into the final phase of campaigni...
July 6, 2024
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Legal Loophole Allows Posters Unrelated to Tokyo Election; NHK Party Trades Spots on Signboards for Donations
Many posters with content unrelated to candidates in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election ha...
July 3, 2024
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Japan’s LDP Relieved over Koike’s Lead in Tokyo Election; Renho Struggles to Attract Voters with No Party Preference
The poll also found that Renho, an independent running with the full support of the main oppositi...
July 2, 2024
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87％ of Poll Respondents Seek Review of Election Posters; Numerous Unrelated Signs Put Up on Election Signboards
Many posters with images unrelated to the ongoing gubernatorial election in Tokyo have been poste...
July 1, 2024
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Incumbent Tokyo Governor Leads as Election Day Approaches; 20％ of Survey Respondents Still Undecided
Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is in the lead in the Tokyo gubernatorial election to be held o...
July 1, 2024
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Campaigning Begins for Tokyo Assembly By-Elections
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The official campaign period for the July 7 by-elections in nine constituenc...
June 29, 2024
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Japan’s Digital Minister Kono Expresses Intention to Run for President of Ruling Party; Sources Say Kono Seeks to Convince LDP VP Aso
Digital minister Taro Kono expressed his intention to run in the Liberal Democratic Party preside...
June 27, 2024
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Tokyo Governor Koike Also Targeted by Threat
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A threatening message warning of an attack using sulfuric acid to blind Tokyo ...
June 25, 2024
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