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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • CDPJ pays price for opposition cooperation

    In Sunday’s House of Representatives election, the cooperation among the leading opposition Constitu...

    November 1, 2021

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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