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House of Councillors Election Proportional Representation Councillor Manabu Matsuda Certain to Win

Summary by NHK World
[NHK] In the proportional representation election for the House of Councillors, Matsuda Manabu, a newcomer to the House of Councillors Party and former member of the House of Representatives, has been assured of victory.

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In the proportional representation House of Councillors election (50 seats up for election), Mio Sugita (58), a newcomer to the Liberal Democratic Party and former member of the House of Representatives, is certain to lose. During the election, she campaigned on strengthening national security policy, preserving traditional Japanese values, and amending the Constitution, but a series of discriminatory remarks have led to calls to question her qu…

·Chiyoda, Japan
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[NHK] In the proportional representation election for the House of Councillors, Matsuda Manabu, a newcomer to the House of Councillors Party and former member of the House of Representatives, has been assured of victory.

·Tokyo, Japan
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In the Upper House election held on the 20th, the first victory of the newcomer Lassalle Ishii, who was supported by the Social Democratic Party in the proportional representation, was confirmed. He had been running in the Upper House election after receiving an enthusiastic offer from the party leader, Mizuho Fukushima.

·Japan
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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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