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Voting for Japan's lower house election starts in tightening races

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發布於 7小時前 • Takashi Aoyama
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua)

TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) --Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households.

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba (4th L) poses for a photo with other members of the LDP at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua)
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Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua)
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba ® and former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi place a pin on a board showing candidates' names at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua)■