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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

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    October 27, 2024

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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