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Over 350 candidates expected to run in upper house election
At least 353 candidates will run in the House of Councillors election this summer, according to a Yo...
May 22, 2022 - ELECTION
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Japan’s ruling parties boosted by LDP candidate by-election win
A Liberal Democratic Party candidate won a House of Councillors by-election Sunday in Ishikawa Prefe...
April 25, 2022 - ELECTION
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DPFP, Ishin to back each other’s candidates in key upper house constituencies
The Democratic Party for the People has said it will endorse a candidate who is also planned to be ...
April 22, 2022 - ELECTION
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Ishin trying to shape up for this summer’s upper house election
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) has aggressively fielded candidates in local elections ...
April 18, 2022 - ELECTION
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Japan’s LDP Aso faction holds fundraising party
Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taro Aso’s faction led the way Thursday in holding a polit...
April 15, 2022 - ELECTION
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Divisions within LDP over local election candidates causes internal friction
A recent run of cases in which Liberal Democratic Party members have been split in their support of ...
March 28, 2022 - ELECTION
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Japan’s government, ruling parties hope Nago election victory will expedite air station’s relocation
Relief was the prevailing emotion within the government and the ruling parties as incumbent Taketoyo...
January 24, 2022 - ELECTION
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LDP-backed candidate wins Nago mayoral race amid military base issue
NAGO, Okinawa — The incumbent backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito was reelecte...
January 24, 2022 - ELECTION
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July 10 becomes likely upper house election date
The government and the ruling parties have started making arrangements to hold the House of Councill...
December 9, 2021 - ELECTION
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Izumi won CDPJ leadership on pledge to shift course from former chief Edano
Kenta Izumi, chairperson of the Policy Research Council for the Constitutional Democratic Party of J...
December 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Izumi elected CDPJ leader
Kenta Izumi, chairperson of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s policy research council, ...
November 30, 2021 - ELECTION
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Survey: Runoff likely in Japan’s largest opposition party’s leadership race
A runoff between the top two candidates is becoming increasingly likely in the Constitutional Democr...
November 22, 2021 - ELECTION
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CDPJ candidates launch campaigns to lead Japan’s largest opposition party
Campaigning kicked off Friday for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s leadership race fol...
November 19, 2021 - ELECTION
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Lower House Election Results
View graphics that show the new power balance in the Diet after the latest general election. Also, s...
November 17, 2021 - ELECTION
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Izumi, 3 others readying CDPJ presidential bids
Kenta Izumi, chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Ja...
November 16, 2021 - ELECTION
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Osaka-based Ishin gives anti-LDP conservative voters an outlet in Japan’s lower house election
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) took 41 seats in the House of Representatives election,...
November 5, 2021 - ELECTION
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Since returning to power in 2012, LDP increasingly involved in narrow election battles
Of the 187 LDP candidates who won their single-seat constituencies in Sunday’s House of Representati...
November 4, 2021 - ELECTION
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Over 90% of Abe’s ‘terrible third-termers’ won in general election
The recent general election also drew attention to the voters’ judgment on “terrible third-termers” ...
November 4, 2021 - ELECTION
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Parties for constitutional revision hold 3/4 of lower house seats
Seventy-five years have passed since the promulgation of the Constitution of Japan on Nov. 3, 1946. ...
November 4, 2021 - ELECTION
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Number of women elected to lower house seats drops below 10%
The number of women in the 465-member House of Representatives dropped below 10% following Sunday’s ...
November 2, 2021 - ELECTION
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Election over, Kishida focuses on economic recovery
With the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito retaining its majority in the ...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Voter turnout stands at 55.93 % in Japan General Election
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Voter turnout for single-seat constituencies in Sunday’s election for the House...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Voter sentiment divided over CDPJ-JCP cooperation
About 82% of Japanese Communist Party supporters voted for candidates of the main opposition Constit...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Swing voters key to Ishin nearly quadrupling seats
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) won 41 seats in Sunday’s House of Representatives elect...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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CDPJ pays price for opposition cooperation
In Sunday’s House of Representatives election, the cooperation among the leading opposition Constitu...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Murai wins 5th term as Miyagi Governor
SENDAI (Jiji Press) — Independent Yoshihiro Murai won his fifth term as governor of Miyagi Prefectur...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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JCP presence weakens in House of Representatives
Sunday’s election for the House of Representatives left the Japanese Communist Party with fewer seat...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Komeito earns more lower house seats
Komeito won all nine seats in the single-seat constituencies where the party fielded candidates in S...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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Election over, Kishida focuses on economic recovery
With the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito retaining its majority in the ...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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LDP-Komeito coalition to maintain controlling majority
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito are set to maintain a c...
November 1, 2021 - ELECTION
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