Lower House Elections
Japan’s Kishida defies expectations as ruling LDP easily keeps majority
By Sakura Murakami, Ju-min Park and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling LDP defied expectations and...
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Japan ruling bloc on track to keep lower house majority – exit polls
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling coalition was projected to stay in power in Sunday's election, but his...
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Japan coalition projected to keep majority, PM’s party battered – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition is projected to stay in power but the party of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
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Japan PM’s nuclear push faces resistance ahead of election
By Sakura Murakami KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) -Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's push to restart Japanese nuclear power plants idled after the...
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Explainer-Why Japan’s election is a bigger deal than it looks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, is running in a tightrope general election https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-test-new-pm-kishida-political-stability-2021-10-30 on Sunday that...
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Factbox-Five to watch: the big numbers in Japan’s general election
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, faces his first major test on Sunday as...
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In Japan’s Okinawa, ruling party’s tough China stance helps win young voters
By Ju-min Park OKINAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Aiko Shimajiri fist-bumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring...
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Explainer-Why Japan’s election is a bigger deal than it looks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, faces a tightrope general election on Sunday that could see his...
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In Japan, efforts afoot to win hearts, and votes, of the alienated young
By Rikako Maruyama and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Momoko Nojo's campaign for Japan's upcoming election revolves around social media...
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Tightrope election may spell uncertain future for Japan’s new prime minister
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could lose its majority in Sunday's general election,...
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Congo swears in election chief after disputed nomination
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief...
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Setback for Kishida in by-election sharpens focus on Japan’s looming vote
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered an unexpected blow a week before his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...
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Mali tells U.N. it will confirm post-coup election date in December
By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim authorities will confirm a date for post-coup elections after national reform consultations...
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Libyan elections commission to start registering candidates in Nov – commission head
By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Registration for candidates in Libya's presidential and parliamentary elections should open in November, the head...
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Lebanese president sends electoral law amendments back to parliament
(Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday sent a law amending legislative election rules back to parliament for reconsideration,...
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Hospitalised Czech president shown in video as his office counters critics
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Aides to Czech President Milos Zeman on Thursday showed a video of him signing a decree to...
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Somalia’s president, prime minister agree to speed up election
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president and prime minister resolved a dispute over appointments to security bodies, allowing...
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Polls suggest Japan’s ruling bloc will cling to election majority
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Liberal Democratic Party will likely lose some seats in the Oct. 31 lower house...
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Japan kicks off election campaign as support for the ruling LDP dips
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Tuesday kicked off its first official day of campaigning ahead of the Oct. 31 general election,...
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Polarized Chile marks anniversary of 2019 protests as election nears
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Demonstrations took place across Chile on Monday to mark the second anniversary of the start...
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