Three more Japanese courts ruled on Wednesday that last October's House of Representatives election was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/crime-legal/vote-value-disparities-ruled-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2024lowerhouseelection #constitution #japanesecourts

Baggage inspections were carried out at 99% of stump speech sites during the Lower House election last October, following a failed attack on former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/04/japan/crime-legal/baggage-checks-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fumiokishida #wakayama #npa #japanesepolice #terrorism #shinzoabe #2024lowerhouseelection

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has quickly become Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's right-hand man. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/19/japan/politics/ldp-moriyama-influence-on-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #hiroshimoriyama #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #2025upperhouseelection #politicalfunds

Dissatisfaction and anger have created unstable governments focused more on deflecting public discontent than addressing structural issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/31/world/world-is-ever-more-angry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #2024lowerhouseelection #2024uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet #france #german #russia #china

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologized at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting Sunday for the LDP's devastating loss in October's House of Representatives election https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/08/japan/politics/ishiba-upper-house-poll-resolve/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #2024lowerhouseelection

Ahead of major polls in 2025, the Liberal Democratic Party will hold a meeting on Dec. 20 to discuss the use of social media in election campaigns for lawmakers and local assembly members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/06/japan/politics/ldp-social-media-elections-discussion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialmedia #internet #ldp #diet #tokyo #2024lowerhouseelection #hyogo

Tokyo police on Saturday arrested a 66-year-old doctor who ran unsuccessfully in last month's general election as an independent, on suspicion he promised to pay campaign staff. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/30/japan/politics/candidate-arrested-campaign-staff-payments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #masafumitabuchi #tokyo #2024lowerhouseelection

The centenarian Japanese Communist Party might have led left-wing calls for peace-based diplomacy for a longer time, but left-leaning voters appeared to prefer five-year-old Reiwa Shinsengumi in the Oct. 27 general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/25/japan/politics/reiwa-shinsengumi-jcp-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #reiwashinsengumi #jcp #taroyamamoto #2024lowerhouseelection

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's recent electoral successes in Hokkaido have raised questions about the future of Rapidus, which had long been backed by the Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/25/japan/politics/regional-hokkaido-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tech #chipmakers #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #seijiosaka #akiraamari #rapidus #2024lowerhouseelection

Hirofumi Yoshimura, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, and three others filed their candidacies for the Dec. 1 leadership election for the opposition party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/17/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-leadership-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #osaka #2024lowerhouseelection