Politics
Elections
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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LDP to maintain sole majority
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to maintain a single-party majority of at least 233 seats...
November 1, 2021
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Japan’s 9 political party leaders travel enough distance campaigning to circle Earth 1½ times
The nine political party heads traveled 68,744 kilometers across Japan during 12 days of campaigning...
October 31, 2021
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Travel industry desperate for recovery with record number of bankruptcies
The tourism industry has been decimated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Even after states of eme...
October 30, 2021
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104 LDP candidates balanced on razor’s edge
A recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey has shown that 104 Liberal Democratic Party candidates, including pa...
October 29, 2021
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LDP at risk of losing single-party majority
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party might struggle to secure a single-party majority in the upcoming...
October 29, 2021
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LDP seen facing tough battles in Hokkaido, Osaka, Okinawa
The Liberal Democratic Party is facing particularly tough battles in the prefectures of Hokkaido, Os...
October 29, 2021
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Survey: Candidates split over defense capabilities
A Yomiuri Shimbun survey of candidates running in the upcoming House of Representatives election has...
October 28, 2021
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