LDP clinches 4 Diet by-elections; Nippon Ishin gets Wakayama seat | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won four of the five Diet by-elections on April 23, but rising opposition party Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) clinched the fifth for its first seat in Wakayama Prefecture.

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