The campaign for Japan’s 10 July House of Councillors elections began on Wednesday, 22 June, with 533 candidates – including 177 women, 33.2% of the total, records for both the share and total number in an HOC election – vying for 124 seats in the 248-seat chamber plus one extra vacant seat in Kanagawa prefecture.
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The campaign for Japan’s 10 July House of Councillors elections began on Wednesday, 22 June, with 533 candidates – including 177 women, 33.2% of the total, records for both the share and total number in an HOC election – vying for 124 seats in the 248-seat chamber plus one extra vacant seat in Kanagawa prefecture.