Japanese House of Councillors election, 2013

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Japanese House of Councillors election, 2013
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  2010 July 21, 2013 2016  

121 (of the 242) seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Shinzo Abe cropped.JPG Banri Kaieda 201106.jpg Natsuo Yamaguchi-1.jpg
Leader Shinzō Abe Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Komeito
Leader since26 September 201225 December 20128 September 2009
Last election84 seats, 24.07%106 seats, 31.56%19 seats, 13.07%
Seats after1155920
Seat changeIncrease2.svg31Decrease2.svg27Increase2.svg1
Popular vote18,460,4047,134,2157,568,082
Percentage34.68%13.40%14.22%
SwingIncrease2.svg10.61%Decrease2.svg18.16%Increase2.svg1.15%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Yoshimi Watanabe cropped.jpg Kazuo Shii cropped.jpg Ishihara Shintaro 1-1.jpg
Leader Yoshimi Watanabe Kazuo Shii Shintaro Ishihara
Party Your Communist Restoration
Leader since8 August 200924 November 200017 November 2012
Last election11 seats, 13.59%6 seats, 6.10%New party
Seats after18119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg7
Popular vote4,755,1603,563,5566,355,299
Percentage8.93%9.68%11.94%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.66%Increase2.svg3.58%N/A

 Seventh partyEighth party
  Mizuho Fukushima cropped.jpg Ichiro Ozawa cropped 3 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718.jpg
Leader Mizuho Fukushima Ichirō Ozawa
Party Social Democratic People's Life
Leader since15 November 200325 January 2013
Last election5 seats, 3.84%New party
Seats after32
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg6
Popular vote1,255,235943,836
Percentage2.36%1.77%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.48%N/A

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Seats won by parties

President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenji Hirata
Democratic

Elected President of the House of Councillors

Masaaki Yamazaki
Liberal Democratic

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The 23rd Elections to the House of Councillors (第23回参議院議員通常選挙,Dainijūsankai Sangiingiin Tsūjōsenkyo, "23rd regular/ordinary election of members of the House of Councillors") for the upper house of the National Diet, the legislature of Japan, was held on July 21, 2013. In the last election in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.

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Background

Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" situation since 2007, in which neither major party controlled both houses of the Diet of Japan, leading to political paralysis on a number of issues. Shinzo Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in the December 2012 general election after several years in the opposition. In campaigning to win control of the House of Councillors, Abe sought to resolve the "twisted parliament" problem for the next three years. [1]

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Japanese political party

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a conservative political party in Japan.

Just prior to the election, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen on expectations of more momentum for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary easing to fight deflation and boost growth for the export-dominant economy of Japan. [2] Abe's LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, were tipped to win a majority and end years of parliamentary stalemate so as to enable economic reforms. However, his critics suggested that a strong mandate could even make Abe complacent. [3]

Economy of Japan national economy

The economy of Japan is a highly developed and market-oriented economy. It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). and is the world's second largest developed economy. Japan is a member of the G7. According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP (PPP) was at $38,937(2016). Due to a volatile currency exchange rate, Japan's GDP as measured in dollars fluctuates sharply. Accounting for these fluctuations through use of the Atlas method, Japan is estimated to have a GDP per capita of around $38,490. The Japanese economy is forecast by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 presents the monthly report of top Blue chip equities on Japan Exchange Group.

Opinion polling

In the run-up to the election, various organizations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions for the 48 proportional seats. Polls are listed in chronological order, showing the oldest first.

DateInstitute
LDP DPJ JRP NKP YP PLP JCP U/O
9–10 March JNN 37.5%8.1%3.6%2.2%2.7%-2.2%43.7%
23–24 March FNN [4] 41.8%5.3%9.6%-4.7%---
April Kyodo News 48.2%6.7%10.4%3.9%4.5%0.5%3.2%22.6%
18–19 May Kyodo News 44.4%6.8%5.7%4.4%5.2%0.3%3.1%30.1%
1–2 June Kyodo News 44.6%7.9%4.5%6.4%4.0%0.3%2.6%29.7%
8–9 June Asahi Shimbun [5] 45%7%5%5%6%-4%28%
8–10 June Yomiuri Shimbun [6] 44%7%5%5%4%-3%32%
29–30 June Mainichi Shimbun [7] 45%8%5%6%7%-4%25%
29–30 June Asahi Shimbun [8] 44%7%7%4%7%-5%26%
2 July Yomiuri Shimbun [6] 42%9%5%6%5%-4%29%
13–14 July Asahi Shimbun [9] 43%6%6%8%6%-6%25%
13–14 July Kyodo News [10] 30.6%7.4%4.9%7.0%3.3%-3.8%43%
13–14 July Mainichi Shimbun [11] 37%7%8%8%8%-4%28%
17 July The Nikkei [12] 39%10%8%8%7%-6%22%

Note: U/O - Undecided or other

Cabinet approval and disapproval ratings
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet 2nd and 3rd Abe Cabinet Approval Disapproval Ratings.png
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet

Pre-election composition

Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013. [13]

6244285103459
Opposition seats not upDPJ seats upOVNKLDP seats upCoalition seats not up

Results

Japan House of Councillors seat distribution following election of 2013 Japanese HoC Election, 2013.svg
Japan House of Councillors seat distribution following election of 2013
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Opposition seats not upDPJONKSeats won by LDPCoalition seats not up
e    d  Summary of the 21 July 2013 Japanese House of Councillors election results [14]
Alliances and partiesPrefectural constituency voteNational PR voteNot upTotal seats+/−
Votes [15] %SeatsVotes%SeatsTotal%(pre-
election)
(last
election)
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jimintō – 自民党22,681,19242.74718,460,40434.7185011547.5Increase2.svg31Increase2.svg31
New Komeito Party (NKP) Kōmeitō – 公明党2,724,4475.147,568,08014.279208.3Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg1
LDP–NKP Coalition25,405,63947.85126,028,48448.9255913555.8Increase2.svg32Increase2.svg32
   Democratic Party (DPJ) Minshutō – 民主党8,646,37116.3107,268,65313.47425924.4Decrease2.svg27Decrease2.svg47
Restoration Party (JRP) Ishin no Kai – 日本維新の会3,846,6497.226,355,29911.96193.7Increase2.svg6New (Increase2.svg9) [16]
Communist Party (JCP) Kyōsantō – 共産党5,645,93710.635,154,0559.753114.5Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg5
Your Party (YP) Minna no Tō – みんなの党4,159,9617.844,755,1608.9410187.4Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg7
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shamintō – 社民党271,5470.501,255,2352.41231.2Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Others5,096,3729.71 [17] 2,547,160 [18] 4.8034 [19] 1.6Decrease2.svg12 [20] Decrease2.svg6 [21]
Independents2131.2Decrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Total opposition parties27,666,83752.22227,335,56251.1236210744.2Decrease2.svg27Decrease2.svg32
Totals53,072,476100.07352,816,886100.048121242100.0Increase2.svg5*Steady2.svg0
Turnout52.61%52.61%*(vacant seats)

The ruling coalition won 76 seats and now holds a total of 135 seats in the House of Councillors ending the divided Diet.

Of the 31 single-member districts the LDP won 29; only in Iwate and Okinawa, opposition incumbents could hold their seats. The ten two-member districts elected ten LDP and ten opposition members; in several prefectures the second seat went to parties other than the DPJ: In Hyōgo to the JRP, in Miyagi to YP and in Kyōto to the JCP. Twelve of the 22 seats in three-, four and five-member districts went to LDP and Kōmeitō candidates. In the nationwide proportional race, the coalition parties won 25 seats, the opposition parties 23.

Results summary

Parties LDP NK DPJ PNP YP JCP JRP SDP PLP NRP OSMP GW NPD OthersIndep.SubtotalSubtotalVacantTotal
Last election (2010) OppositionGovernmentOppositionSplitOppositionGovernment
841910631163 SPJ 4211 HRP 2131110242
After 2012 House of Representatives election
Opening session 182nd Diet
GovernmentOppositionSplitGovernmentOpposition
83198831163482142021031336242
Before this election
Closing session 183rd Diet
GovernmentOppositionGovernmentOpposition
841986136348214161031345242
Not Up50942103122115962121
UpTotal341044332261141544725121
29 single-member districts61011124619429
2 two-member districts
reapportioned to one seat
121214
10 two-member districts1082101020
Three- and five-member districts
Two 3-member districts reapportioned to 4 seats
53821181220
Nationwide proportional1271631231111192948
CandidatesTotal7821553463449111811712799334433
31 single-member districts311953021212321431108139
10 two-member districts10108107121122105363
Three-, four- and five-member districts84666531311511125769
Nationwide proportional29172015173046391246116162
ElectedTotal6511178881127645121
31 single-member districts291129231
10 two-member districts107111101020
Three-, four- and five-member districts8433211121022
Nationwide proportional18774561252348
Result11520591811932113135107242
Opening session 184th Diet
(by parliamentary group)
114
(113)
20
(20)
59
(58)
18
(18)
11
(11)
9
(9)
3
(3)
2
(2)
1
(3)
1
(—)
3
(4)
134
 
107
 
1
 
242
 

Differences between party and parliamentary group membership in the post-election opening session: Two independents caucus with the NRP, President Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP – Fukui), Vice-President Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ – Yamanashi) and Keiko Itokazu (OSMP – Okinawa) are independents in terms of parliamentary group.

Results by electoral district

Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:

Japanese Communist Party communist party

The Japanese Communist Party is a political party in Japan and is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.

Social Democratic Party (Japan) political party in Japan

The Social Democratic Party, also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan and previously as the Japan Socialist Party, is a political party that at various times advocated the establishment of a socialist Japan until 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996, it has defined itself as a social-democratic party.

Your Party Japanese political party

Your Party was a Japanese political party.

DistrictMagnitudeIncumbentsWinners & runner-up [+incumbents if lower] with vote share (/votes for PR members)Gains & losses by party
Hokkaidō [22] 2 Katsuya Ogawa (D)
Chūichi Date (L)
Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7%
Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4%
Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7%
Aomori [23] 1 Kōji Hirayama (PLP) Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3%
Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0%
PLP -1
L +1
Iwate [24] 1 Tatsuo Hirano (I)Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7%
Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4%
Miyagi [25] 2 Tomiko Okazaki (D)
Jirō Aichi (L)
Jirō Aichi (L - K) 44.7%
Masamune Wada (Minna) 23.3%
Tomiko Okazaki (D) 22.8%
D -1
Minna +1
Akita [26] 1 Daigo Matsuura (D) Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3%
Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0%
D -1
L +1
Yamagata [27] 1 Yasue Funayama (Mikaze) Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2%
Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6%
Mikaze -1
L +1
Fukushima [28] 1 (-1) Emi Kaneko (D)
Masako Mori (L)
Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6%
Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2%
D -1
Ibaraki [29] 2 Yukihisa Fujita (D)
Tamon Hasegawa (L)
Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4%
Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6%
Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3%
Tochigi [30] 1 Hiroyuki Tani (D) Katsunori Takahashi (L - K) 48.1%
Tomomi Oki (Minna) 25.8%
Hiroyuki Tani (D) 20.3%
D -1
L +1
Gunma [31] 1 Ichita Yamamoto (L)Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9%
Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3%
Saitama [32] 3 Kuniko Kōda (Minna)
Toshiharu Furukawa (L)
Ryūji Yamane (D)
Toshiharu Furukawa (L) 34.1%
Katsuo Yakura (K – L) 20.4%
Kuniko Kōda (Minna) 16.5%
Ryūji Yamane (D) 13.3%
D -1
K +1
Chiba [33] 3 Hiroyuki Nagahama (D)
Jun'ichi Ishii (L)
Ken Kagaya (D)
Jun'ichi Ishii (L – K) 28.5%
Toshirō Toyoda (L – K) 17.5%
Hiroyuki Nagahama (D) 16.3%
Masahiro Terada (Minna) 11.9%
D -1
L +1
Tokyo [34] 5 Masako Ōkawara (I)
Natsuo Yamaguchi (K)
Kan Suzuki (D)
Ryūhei Kawada (Minna)
Tamayo Marukawa (L)
Tamayo Marukawa (L) 18.9%
Natsuo Yamaguchi (K) 14.2%
Yoshiko Kira (C) 12.5%
Tarō Yamamoto (I) 11.8%
Keizō Takemi (L) 10.9%
Kan Suzuki (D) 9.8%
...
Masako Ōkawara (I) 4.2%
D -1, Minna -1, I (ex-D) -1
L +1, C +1, I (PLP-aligned) +1
Kanagawa [35] 4 (+1) Hiroe Makiyama (D)
Masashi Mito (Ishin)
Akira Matsu (K)
Dai Shimomura (L) 28.8%
Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Minna) 18.8%
Sayaka Sasaki (K) 16.0%
Hiroe Makiyama (D) 11.7%
Kimie Hatano (C) 11.3%
Masashi Mito (Ishin) 6.2%
Ishin -1
L +1, Minna +1
Niigata [36] 2 Ichirō Tsukada (L)
Yūko Mori (PLP)
Ichirō Tsukada (L – K) 43.3%
Naoki Kazama (D) 19.3%
Yūko Mori (PLP) 15.6%
PLP -1
D +1
Toyama [37] 1 Takashi Morita (I) Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1%
Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1%
I (ex-PNP) -1
L +1
Ishikawa [38] 1 Yasuo Ichikawa (D) Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8%
Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0%
D -1
L +1
Fukui [39] 1 Ryūji Matsumura (L) Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6%
Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8%
Yamanashi [40] 1 Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) Hiroshi Moriya (L – K) 37.3%
Takahiro Sakaguchi (I – D, S) 19.8%
...
Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) 15.4%
Minna -1
L +1
Nagano [41] 2 Yūichirō Hata (D)
Hiromi Yoshida (L)
Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2%
Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0%
Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8%
Gifu [42] 1 (-1)vacant
(last held by Takao Fujii, Ishin)
Kenji Hirata (D)
Yasutada Ōno (L – K) 58.8%
Rie Yoshida (D) 25.6%
D -1
L +1
Shizuoka [43] 2 Kazuya Shinba (D)
Takao Makino (L)
Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5%
Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0%
Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2%
Aichi [44] 3 Kōhei Ōtsuka (D)
Seiji Suzuki (L)
Kuniko Tanioka (Mikaze)
Yasuyuki Sakai (L – K) 35.4%
Kōhei Ōtsukai (D) 24.9%
Michiyo Yakushiji (Minna) 11.6%
Nobuko Motomura (C) 9.1%
...
Makoto Hirayama [45] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1%
Mikaze -1
Minna +1
Mie [46] 1 Chiaki Takahshi (D) Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2%
Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6%
D -1
L +1
Shiga [47] 1 Hisashi Tokunaga (D) Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4%
Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2%
D -1
L +1
Kyoto [48] 2 Kōji Matsui (D)
Shōji Nishida (L)
Shōji Nishida (L – K) 37.0%
Akiko Kurabayashi (C) 20.7%
Keirō Kitagami (D) 19.0%
D -1
C +1
Osaka [49] 4 (+1) Satoshi Umemura (D)
Kazuyoshi Shirahama (K)
Shūzen Tanigawa (L)
Tōru Azuma (Ishin) 28.8%
Takuji Yanagimoto (L) 22.3%
Hisatake Sugi (K) 19.0%
Kōtarō Tatsumi (C) 12.8%
Satoshi Umemura (D) 9.2%
D -1
C +1, Ishin +1
Hyōgo [50] 2 Yasuhiro Tsuji (D)
Yoshitada Kōnoike (L)
Yoshitada Kōnoike (L – K) 37.8%
Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1%
Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) 15.0%
D -1
Ishin +1
Nara [51] 1vacant
(last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ)
Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6%
Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1%
L +1
Wakayama [52] 1 Hiroshige Sekō (L)Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3%
Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0%
Tottori [53] 1 Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2%
Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0%
D -1
L +1
Shimane [54] 1 Akiko Kamei (Mikaze) Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8%
Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9%
Mikaze -1
L +1
Okayama [55] 1vacant
(last held by Yumiko Himei, LF/TPJ)
Masahiro Ishii (L – K) 65.5%
Takashi Takai (I – D, S, Mikaze) 24.1%
L +1
Hiroshima [56] 2 Kōji Satō (PLP)
Kensei Mizote (L)
Kensei Mizote (L – K) 46.3%
Shinji Morimoto (D) 17.2%
Kana Haioka (Ishin) 15.4%
Kōji Satō (PLP – Mikaze) 12.2%
PLP -1
D +1
Yamaguchi [57] 1 Yoshimasa Hayashi (L)Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4%
Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6%
Tokushima [58] 1 Tomoji Nakatani (D) Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5%
Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1%
D -1
L +1
Kagawa [59] 1 Emiko Uematsu (I) Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0%
Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2%
I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Ehime [60] 1vacant
(last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ)
Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6%
Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4%
L +1
Kōchi [61] 1 Norio Takeuchi (D) Kōjirō Takano (L – K) 52.9%
Yuriko Hamakawa (C) 24.1%
Norio Takeuchi (D) 21.6%
D -1
L +1
Fukuoka [62] 2 Tsukasa Iwamoto (D)
Masaji Matsuyama (L)
Masaji Matsuyama (L – K) 49.2%
Kuniyoshi Noda (D – PLP) 17.9%
Toshiyuki Yoshida (Ishin) 11.4%
Saga [63] 1 Minoru Kawasaki (I) Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6%
Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1%
I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Nagasaki [64] 1 Yukishige Ōkubo (D) Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2%
Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7%
D -1
L +1
Kumamoto [65] 1 Nobuo Matsuno (D) Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6%
Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8%
D -1
L +1
Ōita [66] 1 Yōsuke Isozaki (L)Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0%
Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3%
Miyazaki [67] 1vacant
(last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ)
Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3%
Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6%
L +1
Kagoshima [68] 1 Hidehisa Otsuji (L)Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0%
Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7%
Okinawa [69] 1 Keiko Itokazu (OS)Keiko Itokazu (OS – C, S, PLP, Mikaze) 51.1%
Masaaki Asato (L – K) 45.4%
National 48D 16
L 12
K 7
C 3
PLP 3
S 2
Ishin 1
Mikaze 1
Daichi 1
NRP 1
I 1
L 34.7% of proportional votes→18 seats: [70]
Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002
Toshio Yamada 338,485
Masahisa Satō 326,541
Midori Ishii 294,148
Seiko Hashimoto 279,952
Takashi Hanyūda 249,818
Nobuaki Satō 215,506
Masaaki Akaike 208,319
Akiko Santō 205,779
Seiichi Etō 204,404
Masahiro Ishida 201,109
Haruko Arimura 191,343
Shūji Miyamoto 178,480
Kazuya Maruyama 153,303
Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613
Miki Watanabe 104,176
Yoshio Kimura 98,979
Fusae Ōta 77,173
Masaru Wakasa 76,829
D -9, PLP -3, S -1, Daichi -1, Mikaze -1
NRP -1, I -1
L +6, C +2, Ishin +5, Minna +4
K 14.2% of proportional votes→7 seats: [71]
Kanae Yamamoto 996,959
Daisaku Hiraki 770,682
Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637
Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814
Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951
Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817
Hideki Niizuma 26,044
Nobuo Kawashima 7,737
D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats: [72]
Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553
Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917
Kumiko Aihara 235,636
Kusuo Ōshima 191,167
Mieko Kamimoto 176,248
Saori Yoshikawa 167,437
Toshio Ishigami 152,121
Takanori Kawai 138,830
Hajime Ishii 123,355
...
Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996
Marutei Tsurunen 82,858
...
Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178
Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats: [73]
Antonio Inoki 356,605
Kyōko Nakayama 306,341
Mitsuo Gima 40,484
Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237
Masashi Nakano 32,926
Kunihiko Muroi 32,107
Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616
C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats: [74]
Akira Koike 134,325
Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149
Tomoko Kami 68,729
Satoshi Inoue 50,874
Kōhei Nihi 39,768
Yūko Yamamoto 36,580
Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats: [75]
Ryūhei Kawada 117,389
Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000
Michitarō Watanabe 50,253
Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756
Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425
S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat: [76]
Seiji Mataichi 156,1555
Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641
Incumbents on other party lists without seat:
PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu Fujiwara [77]
Daichi (1.0%): none [78]
Midori (0.9%): none [79]
Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka [80]
HRP (0.4%): none [81]

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<i>Yomiuri Shimbun</i> Japanese newspaper

The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is part of the Yomiuri Group, Japan's largest media conglomerate. It is one of the five national newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Asahi Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Sankei Shimbun. The headquarters is in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

<i>Asahi Shimbun</i> newspaper

The Asahi Shimbun is one of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun. The company has its registered headquarters in Osaka.

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