With Sunday's double victory in Tokyo and Fukuoka by-elections, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might be feeling relieved — but not exactly over the moon.
Campaigning for two pivotal by-elections in Tokyo and Fukuoka get underway.Campaigning for two pivotal by-elections in Tokyo and Fukuoka get underway.
A close victory by an LDP-backed candidate leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the defensive while also showing the need for opposition parties to coordinate better ahead of this summer's Upper House election.
Yoshiaki Wada, the Liberal Democratic Party-backed candidate, secured a seat in a Hokkaido by-election Sunday in what is seen as giving a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party in the upcoming Upper House election, after defeating the Democratic Party's candidate in a close ...
What's in a name? The Lower House by-election in Kyoto on Sunday showed that, when it comes to political parties, what you call yourself does matter. Especially if your party's name is that of a historic rival city voters and residents have traditionally disdained. The poll ...
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 ...
By-election campaigns kick off in Hokkaido and Kyoto in what are expected to be a litmus test for how Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will fare in the crucial Upper House election this summer.
Projections show former assembly chief Masuo Kaneko of the Liberal Democratic Party is assured of winning the Lower House by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture.
A House of Representatives by-election, the first national-level contest since the April 1 tax hike, will be held in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday to fill a seat formerly held by a ruling party lawmaker who resigned in February over illegal election campaigning. Voters are expected ...
Politician Takeshi Tokuda resigns from the Diet as his sister faces prison over election violations over his 2012 campaign involving Tokushukai, Japan's largest hospital chain.
Official campaigning for the April 28 Upper House by-election in Yamaguchi Prefecture begins, with Democratic Party of Japan-backed ex-Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka challenging a Liberal Democratic Party newcomer.
