Politics
Elections
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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
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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
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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
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CDPJ leader candidate Izumi positive on talks on Constitution
Kenta Izumi, one of the four candidates in the leadership race at Japan’s main opposition party, in ...
November 21, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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CDPJ to elect new leader on Nov. 30
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said Friday that ...
November 13, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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