Utsunomiya Kenji, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, put up a good fight receiving 844,151 votes (13.8% of the total votes), but failed to win in the Tokyo gubernatorial election held on July 5.
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo published a statement in protest against a controversial national security law on Hong Kong which China passed on June 25.
A group of geological experts published the results of its analysis indicating that seawalls to be built for a new U.S. base in Okinawa’s Henoko district will most likely collapse even with a weak earthquake.
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