The ruling and opposition parties are in a close fight in one of the two Lower House by-elections next Sunday that are being viewed as a prelude to this summer’s Upper House election.
The Hokkaido No. 5 single-seat district is being contested by a candidate running on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ticket and an independent candidate backed by the newly formed main opposition Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party and others.
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