Elections
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Japan Election: 27 Candidates who Failed to Report Funds Lose Diet Seats; Total Includes 20 who Had LDP Endorsement
Twenty-seven out of 44 Liberal Democratic Party candidates who failed to properly report politica...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Ruling Bloc Loses Majority; CDPJ Significantly Increases Number of Seats
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost its majority in the House o...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Komeito Leader Keiichi Ishii Fails to Win Seat in Election; Party to Be Forced to Restructure Administration (Update 1)
Keiichi Ishii, the 66-year-old chief representative of Komeito, lost out in the battle for Saitam...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Main Opposition CDPJ Projected to Secure Over 110 Seats
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan secured 111 seats as of 11:40 p.m. in Sunday’s House...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Ruling Coalition of LDP, Komeito Lose Majority in Lower House Election
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito was set to lose majority in the ...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Scandal-Hit LDP Members Projected to Lose
Unaffiliated candidate Hakubun Shimomura is projected to lose his seat in Tokyo Constituency No. ...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: PM Shigeru Ishiba Remains Quiet about How to Take Responsibility if Coalition Loses Majority
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba did not make it clear how he will take responsibility if the ruling...
October 28, 2024
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Japan Election: Main Opposition CDPJ’s Head Yoshihiko Noda Hopes to Push Coalition Down to Minority
Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said his ...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: LDP’s Shinjiro Koizumi Acknowledges Responsibility over Projected Results
Shinjiro Koizumi, who chairs the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Election Strategy Committee, a...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: Ex-LDP Seko Projected to Win Seat in Wakayama Prefecture
WAKAYAMA — Unaffiliated candidate Hiroshige Seko was projected to win in Wakayama Constituency No...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: LDP-Komeito Coalition Projected to Fail to Win Majority, Exit Polls Show
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito are projected to fail to wi...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: Leaders of 9 Political Parties Travel 68,000 km in Campaigns; Over 1.5 Times Earth’s Circumference
Nine political party leaders from the ruling and opposition camps collectively traveled over 1.5 ...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: Voter Turnout in Japan’s General Election at 29.01% as of 6 p.m., Down Nearly 3 Points from 2021 (Update 1)
Voter turnout for Sunday’s House of Representatives election stood at 29.01% as of 6 p.m., accord...
October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: Voting Underway; Will LDP-Komeito Ruling Coalition Secure Majority?
Voting for the House of Representatives election began nationwide at 7 a.m. on Sunday.
...October 27, 2024
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Japan Election: Fifth of Voters Cast Ballot Early, in Slight Rise (Update 1)
More than 20 million voters cast their ballot early in the House of Representatives election over...
October 27, 2024
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