Last week, news broke that Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Yoshimasa Hayashi will try using the next general election to trade his House of Councilors seat for one in the House of Representatives.
Hayashi is not the first in Japanese politics to make the switch from the Upper House to Lower House, but many might be wondering why.
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