Elections
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Komeito leans closer to LDP on security, constitutional revision in upper house election manifesto
Komeito’s manifesto for next month’s House of Councillors election shows the party’s stances on secu...
June 16, 2022
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Parties gear up for election after closing of Diet
The 150-day ordinary Diet session closed on Wednesday afternoon, after which the government set the ...
June 15, 2022
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Upper house election date set
The government decided at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Wednesday to hold the House of Council...
June 15, 2022
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Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Tamaki to run for reelection
Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, 62, on Saturday announced his candidacy for reelection in the g...
June 12, 2022
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Campaign billboards await candidates’ posters
Workers prepare numbered billboards, which will be used to display posters during the upcoming House...
June 9, 2022
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3 former Japanese PMs look to secure key party positions following summer election
Three former prime ministers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have been surprisingly active...
June 6, 2022
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Games loom large in upcoming Tokyo assembly election
Debate over the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games amid the spread of the novel coronavirus has been...
June 4, 2022
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Parties work to field female candidates for upper house election
Both the ruling and opposition parties are working to field female candidates in the House of Counci...
May 30, 2022
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Okinawa governor’s race heading for Tamaki-Sakima rematch
The Okinawa gubernatorial election on Sept. 11 will likely come down to a rematch between incumbent ...
May 30, 2022
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Incumbent Hanazumi certain to win Niigata gubernatorial election
Incumbent Hideyo Hanazumi is certain to win the Niigata gubernatorial election on Sunday. Hanazumi, ...
May 29, 2022
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CDPJ yet to finalize campaign pledges for upper house poll
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was unable to finalize its campaign pledges for the upc...
May 26, 2022
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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
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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
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Ruling bloc-backed incumbent wins Okinawa mayoral poll
OKINAWA (Jiji Press) — A candidate backed by Japan’s ruling camp won Sunday’s mayoral election in a ...
April 25, 2022
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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
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