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Yoshimi Watanabe, the former head of the now-defunct Your Party and a former Cabinet minister, announced on June 21 that he will not run in the upcoming Upper House election and will retire from politics.
Tokyo is shaping up as a fierce battleground for the upcoming Upper House election this summer, according to political insiders, as newer political parties take on established incumbents.
The DPFP and Tomin First, for which Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike serves as special adviser, aim to bolster their cooperation to help each other earn more votes in the election.