Rural retreat: Miyazawa's position eroded by another poll loss

Article Abstract:

The Japanese electorate rejected Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administration by electing a virtual unknown in a prefecture by-election in rural Miyagi on Mar 8, 1992. The LDP candidate, Nobuo Onodera, lost to Koki Hagino who was backed by several opposition parties. LDP's worsening political status is an offshoot of the administration's political funds scandals and its ambivalent stand on the international rice policy issue. Some LDP house members want to replace Miyazawa but are faced with the difficulty of finding the right substitute.

Miyazawa, Kiichi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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Far out, spaced out? Cast your votes for UFOs or vinegar

Article Abstract:

The proliferation of political parties in Japan is an indication of the level of democracy in this country. In the Jul 26, 1992 elections for the 50 seats of the upper house in the Japanese Diet, 38 different parties will be fielding 330 candidates. Aside from the five major parties, several minor affiliations are joining the elections to advance their varying concerns. Some of the less serious concerns advocate the promotion of vinegar as a longevity product and the formation of a venue for introducing inter-galactic culture to Earth.

Political parties, Japan. Diet. House of Councillors

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A different drum: rural voters bound by older loyalties

Article Abstract:

Rural results in Japan's Jul 18, 1993, election revealed that new political parties and political reform were not as important as in urban areas. Local political machines and personal loyalty continued to dominate rural politics. In the Tochigi 1 district, two former members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who had joined new reform parties won re-election, as did an LDP leader. The Social Democratic Party lost one of its two seats to an LDP candidate who had lost three previous campaigns in the only real change in the district.

Political reform

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