Elections
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Super Crazy Kun Wins the Miyazaki City Assembly Election 1st Time.
Super Crazy Kun, whose real name is Makoto Nishimoto, won the Miyazaki city assembly election Sunday...
April 24, 2023
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LDP Scores 4 wins 1 Loss in By-Elections for Upper, Lower Houses
The LDP won four of the five by-elections for Diet seats that were held Sunday. The ruling party wo...
April 24, 2023
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Japan Election: LDP Candidate Shirasaka Wins A Seat in Oita
Aki Shirasaka of Liberal Democratic Party is set to win the by-election for Oita Constituency in the...
April 24, 2023
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Japan Election: LDP Candidate Eri Arfiya Wins A Seat in Chiba
Eri Arfiya of Liberal Democratic Party is set to win the House of Representatives by-election in Chi...
April 24, 2023
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Brother of Popular TV Personality Set to Become Mayor of Hakodate
HAKODATE — Jun Oizumi, the older brother of popular TV personality Yo Oizumi, was projected to win t...
April 23, 2023
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LDP Holds on to Seats Vacated by Abe, Kishi in By-elections
Candidates of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won Yamaguchi Constituencies No. 2 and No. 4 in by...
April 23, 2023
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Japan Election: Hayashi Set to Win a Seat in Wakayama
Yumi Hayashi of Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) is set to win the House of Representatives by-...
April 23, 2023
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Incumbent Wins Tsu Mayoral Race
TSU — Tsu Mayor Yasuyuki Maeba was certain to win a fourth term in Sunday’s election, the first to b...
April 23, 2023
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Japan Election: Kishi Set to Win Father’s Seat in Yamaguchi
Nobuchiyo Kishi is set to win the House of Representatives by-election in Yamaguchi Constituency No....
April 23, 2023
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Candidates Push Onward After Attack on Kishida
Campaigns for the second half of unified local elections kicked off on April 16 to a tense mood in T...
April 23, 2023
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Shinzo Abe’s Japan Diet Seat Set to Remain in LDP Hands after By-Election
Slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s lower house seat is set to remain in the hands of the Liber...
April 23, 2023
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Japan Diet By-Elections Seen as Bellwether on Kishida
By-elections for both houses of the Diet are being decided in five constituencies on Sunday, the out...
April 23, 2023
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LDP Execs to Give Campaign Speeches Only Indoors for Security
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have decided th...
April 19, 2023
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25 Mayoral Elections Uncontested amid Dearth of Candidates in Local Japanese Polls
Among the 88 mayoral elections for which campaigning kicked off Sunday in the second half of the uni...
April 18, 2023
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Campaigning Begins for Town, Village Elections in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The official campaign period for 125 mayoral and 373 assembly elections in town...
April 18, 2023
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