The coordination of candidates between the opposition parties in the House of Representatives election has been difficult, and there are many competing candidates in different sectors. election six months ago, both parties have turned around and are now competing. The Lib Dems are hoping to win back the seat by recruiting a new 25-year-old, and it is likely to be a crowded field with former members of the House of Councilors and newcomers or -dependant also involved.
◆”Don’t be mad” “Just come closer to us, no”
“Until now, we have been fighting together with the citizens and the opposition parties. This time, there is a communist candidate, but I would like to keep advocating for the voices of the citizens.”
On the 15th, the day of the public announcement, Natsumi Sakai, who was an employee of the Ritmin, spoke to the media after the first announcement. Calling for “just politics,” Tomoko Tamura, head of the Communist Party of Japan, took to the streets during the by-election. But, this time, the “joint struggle of the opposition party” has failed. The Sakai camp complains, “We don’t have enough manpower to do everything from putting up posters to calling We can’t play an organized game.”
Behind this is the gap between the two parties regarding security legislation. The Communist Party has listed the repeal of the security legislation as the first condition for joint struggle, but Ritmin representative Yoshihiko Noda took a cautious stance, creating a decisive split.
“(If we don’t fight together) we will only benefit the Liberal Democratic Party. Don’t be stubborn.” Members of the Koto Citizens’ Union, a citizens’ group that had been lobbying the Communist Party to unite with Sakai until the last minute, were furious. On the other hand, a Communist Party official said, “Communist supporters in Koto Ward value principles.
Higashi Kozutsumi, who was supported by the Japanese Communist Party, has dropped his candidacy twice in a row, in the April by-election and in the 2021 House of Representatives election, due to the joint struggle. A source close to the campaign said, “Last time, it was removed 10 days before the election. We got a lot of comments from supporters saying, ‘We’ll be fine this time.””
◆ 25-year-old Lib Dem Party newcomer slams money issue: “I have nothing to do with it”
Members of the Liberal Democratic Party from the same area were arrested one after the other. He is keen to upgrade his image by supporting 25-year-old Yukisei Ozora.
“He is a rookie with high hopes for the Liberal Democratic Party. There is no doubt that he will do it this time.” On the 6th, before the announcement, the LDP ward assembly member made the appeal in a speech in front of Tokyo’s Toyosu Metro Station. Shinjiro Koizumi, chairman of the party’s campaign committee, also rushed in and confirmed, “If elected, he would be the youngest member of the Diet,” and “this is not like the Liberal Democratic Party. ”
When he was a student, he founded “Anata no Ibasho,” a non-profit organization that provides free chat counseling for loneliness and suicide prevention. Known as a debater among Generation Z, he says, “As I listened to their concerns and engaged in support, I realized my limitations. I want to create a country where people don’t have to worry in the first place.”
Regarding the issue of slush money from party organizations, he emphasized, “I have nothing to do with it.”
However, there were some negative comments from the voters. A 71-year-old man who was walking in the ward on the 17th said, “I want to say, ‘Let’s pretend it’s okay.’ Until now, there have been no bad people, no good people.”
◆ Former member of the House of Councilors emphasizes “local”, new member says, “Common sense in the private sector should be brought to national politics”
Genki Sudo, a new independent and former member of the House of Councilors who came second in the April by-election, is aiming to win over independents as a way to get criticism of the political parties that it already exists. In an area described as “cold enough to parachute,” according to a local ward councillor, the event appeals to people who were “born in Koto and grew up in Koto”. In addition to his high profile as a former martial artist, he has been on the streets almost every morning since the by-election, campaigning for the consumption tax to be reduced.
Yui Kanazawa, a new independent who left the Nippon Renewal Party and is making her third attempt, wants to “change what is common in the private sector to national politics.” (Caption omitted, Masanori Inoue)
House of Representatives Tokyo 15th WardThe entire area is Koto Ward, Tokyo. There are very few cases across the country where a single seat constituency for the House of Representatives is completed within one local government and is not divided into sections. Members of the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Representatives have been arrested one after the other in connection with corruption cases involving integrated tourism facility (IR) businesses, including casinos, and a case corruption in the mayoral election of Koto Ward in April 2023. The Liberal Democratic Party gave up fielding a candidate in the special election for the same area in April this year, which was held because a member resigned in connection with the takeover event. On the 14th of this month, the number of people registered on the electoral roll is 433,451.
◆ Tokyo 15 Ward Candidates(in order of notice)
Kozutsumi Higashi 35 New Communist
Genki Sudo 46 New Independent
Natsumi Sakai 38 Ritmin Mae①
Ozora Yukisei 25 New Democratic Liberal Party
Yui Kanazawa 34 New Independent
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