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Parties gear up for election as Diet session ends

The 150-day ordinary Diet session closed on Wednesday afternoon, after which the government set the schedule for the upcoming House of Councillors election during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 15, 2022

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Workers prepare numbered billboards, which will be used to display posters during the upcoming House of Councillors election campaign, at a company in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on Tuesday. Hokkan Screen Inc. received orders for about 2,500 of the poster-bearing boards from 12 municipalities in the prefecture and started producing them…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 9, 2022

Japan’s political parties work to field more female candidates for upcoming elections

Both the ruling and opposition parties are working to field more female candidates in the House of Councillors election this summer, aiming to demonstrate their commitment to women's empowerment.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 30, 2022