This past Sunday, voters in Japan headed to the ballot boxes for the second round of elections in two weeks as part of the country¡¯s April unified elections.
Since this was the first nationwide vote since last summer¡¯s Upper House campaign, it was seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida¡¯s administration.
This month¡¯s unified elections saw 975 seats contested at the prefectural and municipal levels nationwide, including nine gubernatorial seats and six major mayoral elections. Additionally, the central government tacked on five by-elections for vacant parliamentary seats.
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