THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 28, 2024 at 12:41 JST
Kenta Izumi, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech in support of the party’s candidate in the Lower House by-election in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on April 27. (Kenji Izawa)
Voting got under way April 28 in three Lower House by-elections that offer the first chance to pass judgment on the Kishida administration’s handling of a damaging slush fund scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. [Read More]
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