THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 16, 2023 at 17:25 JST
Voters listen to a speech of a candidate in a by-election for the Upper House’s Tokushima-Kochi electoral district in Tokushima on Oct. 5. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
A candidate backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has a slight lead over a rival fielded by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in an Upper House by-election on the main island of Shikoku, an Asahi Shimbun analysis shows. [Read More]
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