SAITAMA – Former Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda defeated the leader of a minor opposition party in a House of Councilors by-election Sunday in Saitama Prefecture, winning a seat in the upper chamber for the first time.
While the ruling Liberal Democratic Party did not field its own candidate in the race for the electoral district, voter turnout was low at 20.81 percent.
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