Japanese Election: Key Tokyo District Shows Strong Lead for LDP's Koichi Hagiuda

In the current Japanese election, one of the focal districts is Tokyo's 24th district, where Koichi Hagiuda, acting secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is considered one of the party's prominent figures facing relatively unstable prospects. According to Ming Pao, preliminary vote counts indicate that Hagiuda is close to securing half of the votes, showing a clear lead over newcomer Yu Hosobe from the Centrist Reform Union.