December 4, 2012
In the House of Representatives general election campaign which officially started on December 4, the Japanese Communist Party calls for genuine reform of the 60-year-long Liberal Democratic Party-policies in favor of the U.S. and Japanese business circles.
Aiming at obtaining more than 6.5 million votes in the proportional representation constituencies and doubling its current 9 seats, the JCP is putting up candidates at 299 out of 300 single-seat blocks (except 1 block in Okinawa) as well as 35 candidates in proportional representation constituencies. The total number of Lower House seats is 480.
One political party vanished just 5 days after its establishment or another one was founded only 1 week before the election; many politicians continue to scrap and merge their parties.
The JCP, with its nearly century-long history, has proposed and strived to implement reform policies on every key issue affecting national politics, such as the consumption tax, deflationary recession, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact, deployment of U.S. military Osprey aircraft, Senkaku Islands, post-disaster reconstruction, and the Constitution.
The election will be held on December 16, the same day as the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
Aiming at obtaining more than 6.5 million votes in the proportional representation constituencies and doubling its current 9 seats, the JCP is putting up candidates at 299 out of 300 single-seat blocks (except 1 block in Okinawa) as well as 35 candidates in proportional representation constituencies. The total number of Lower House seats is 480.
One political party vanished just 5 days after its establishment or another one was founded only 1 week before the election; many politicians continue to scrap and merge their parties.
The JCP, with its nearly century-long history, has proposed and strived to implement reform policies on every key issue affecting national politics, such as the consumption tax, deflationary recession, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact, deployment of U.S. military Osprey aircraft, Senkaku Islands, post-disaster reconstruction, and the Constitution.
The election will be held on December 16, the same day as the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
