Reiwa Yamamoto Taro emphasizes opposition unification candidate in Tokyo 8th district, next House of Representatives election

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Representative Taro Yamamoto of Reiwa Shinsengumi giving a street speech in front of JR Shinjuku Station (photographed by Naohide Kamada)

) Reiwa Shinsengumi representative Taro Yamamoto announced on the 8th that he will run for the next House of Representatives election (announced on the 19th, vote counting on the 31st) from the 8th district of Tokyo. Mr. Yamamoto, who gave a street speech at the New South Exit of JR Shinjuku Station, announced with jokes, “Tokyo 8th district, Suginami (ward). The knee of the son of the Ishihara family. The person who is said to be the strongest in Tokyo.” The constituency was elected by Nobuteru Ishihara, the former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, for eight consecutive terms. “I was replaced by the Democratic Party of Japan, and even in such an election, even when there was a big headwind for the LDP, I could afford to win. I am a solid person,” he introduced in Mike Performance.

This time, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party are nationwide. We are adjusting the candidates at. Mr. Yamamoto emphasized running as a candidate for unification of the opposition party, saying, “The talk with the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party is over. I am sorry for those who can not run.” In the previous House of Representatives election in 2017, the total number of votes obtained by the candidates of both parties in the same district is calculated to be about 1100 votes behind Mr. Ishihara.

In the last 2017 House of Representatives election Harumi Yoshida, a newcomer officially recognized by the Constitutional Democratic Party among the six candidates, is doing well, approaching Ishihara by about 23,000 votes. Mr. Yoshida has been active for four years as the general manager of the ward, and on the 7th of this month, he expressed his strong desire for the next House of Representatives election on SNS. Mr. Masayuki Uebo is a candidate for the Communist Party. It seems that Mr. Yamamoto and both parties are in the process of coordinating, but the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party have not officially announced, and both are “not at the stage of announcing yet.” With Mr. Yamamoto’s sudden announcement of running, the supporters who have supported Mr. Yoshida for four years are inevitably confused, and there is a risk of causing ripples in the opposition party’s joint struggle.

Tokyo 8th district is 11 years 3 The place where Mr. Yamamoto, who changed his political world after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, ran for the first time in the first national election in 2012. Although he was completely defeated by Mr. Ishihara by a large margin of more than 61,000 votes, he ran for the first time in the Upper House election in July 2013 from the Tokyo constituency. If the opposition party’s joint struggle is adjusted, it will be noticed whether it will be Mr. Yamamoto’s revenge over 10 years. [Satoru Ogami]

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