Elections
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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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Japan Election: 23％ of Candidates in Lower House Race Were Female; Number Still Falls Short of Government’s 35％ Target
Of the 1,344 candidates in the recent House of Representatives election, 314 were women, the high...
October 27, 2024
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Last Speeches Made On Eve Of Lower House Election; Japan’s Party Leaders Make Final Pitches To Public
Political party leaders made their final campaign pleas at many locations nationwide Saturday, th...
October 27, 2024
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LDP’s Provision of ¥20 mil. to Local Branches Draws Complaints; Candidates not Endorsed by Party in Lower House Election Claim ‘Unwanted Favor’
One candidate after another has voiced complaints against the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadersh...
October 26, 2024
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Officials Busy Setting up Polling Stations for Lower House Snap Election; Rezoned Districts Particularly Under Pressure
While a “super-short campaign period” kicked off a flurry of activity in campaigning for Sunday’s...
October 26, 2024
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Former Death Row Inmate Hakamata Casts Early Vote in Japan’s Lower House Election
HAMAMATSU — Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted in the 1966 quadruple murder of a family in...
October 26, 2024
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