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NHK
22-06-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Party backing Tokyo governor becomes largest force after assembly election
A regional party for which Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko serves as special adviser has emerged as the largest force after the capital's metropolitan assembly election. Parties had pitched all-out campaigns because they see the vote as a bellwether for an upcoming Upper House poll in July. The two elections concur only once in 12 years. Sunday's assembly election put all 127 seats up for grabs. Candidates ran in 42 districts. TOMIN First, which was established by Koike, won 31 seats, the most of all the groups. The Liberal Democratic Party, the biggest force before the vote, acquired 21 seats, its record low. The LDP is the largest ruling party in national politics. Komeito collected 19 seats, with three of its candidates defeated. It had seen all its candidates secure seats in the previous eight assembly elections for Tokyo. The party is the LDP's coalition partner in the Diet. TOMIN First, the LDP and Komeito back Koike's agenda. Combined, they hold a majority of the assembly seats. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan racked up 17 seats, a gain of two from its pre-election showing. The CDP is the largest opposition force at the national level. The Japanese Communist Party notched 14 seats, down five. The Democratic Party for the People and Sanseito chalked up nine and three seats, respectively. Both secured seats for the first time at the assembly. Tokyo Seikatsusha Network retained its pre-election level of one seat. The Japan Innovation Party lost its sole seat it had held before the vote. The Path to Rebirth fielded 42 candidates, but earned no seats. Its head is Ishimaru Shinji, who lost to Koike and ended up as runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election last year.
NHK
13-06-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Campaigning kicks off for Tokyo Assembly election
Candidates running for seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly have kicked off nine days of official campaigning. The Assembly election is being viewed as a prelude to the Upper House election that will be held this summer. A total of 295 candidates are vying for 127 seats in 42 districts. That is the highest number of candidates for an assembly election in over three decades. The Liberal Democratic Party is fielding 42 candidates, TOMIN First is running 37, Komeito 22, the Japanese Communist Party 24 and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 20. The Japan Innovation Party has six candidates, and Tokyo Seikatsusha Network has three. Those political parties have seats in the Assembly. The Democratic Party for the People is running 18 candidates, Reiwa Shinsengumi is fielding three, Sanseito four, the Conservative Party of Japan one, the Social Democratic Party one and the Path to Rebirth 42. None of them has seats in the Assembly. Seventy-two candidates are either running with other groups or as independents. Observers are eager to see whether the LDP will be able to remain the biggest force in the Assembly, despite the money scandal that some of the party's Assembly members were involved in. The members failed to declare some of the revenue from fundraising events. Observers are also waiting to see whether the parties supporting Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko, such as the LDP, TOMIN First and Komeito, will maintain a combined majority in the Assembly, or whether the opposition forces will push them into the minority. The Assembly election will be held on June 22. Campaigning is expected to be intense, as the results could affect the next Upper House election.
