China News Service, October 19th. According to a comprehensive Japanese media report, the Japanese House of Representatives elections announced on the 19th and the vote counting began on the 31st, marking the official start of the 12-day election campaign.

On the 18th, the leaders of various Japanese parties engaged in a confrontation around the new crown epidemic response, economic and distribution policies.

  According to reports, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party) stated in response to the new crown epidemic that “we should work hard to arouse demand”, saying that he would secure hospital beds and implement large-scale economic measures, and “advocate new capitalism through a virtuous cycle of growth and distribution. Everyone’s income".

Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

  Yukio Edano, the leader of the Japanese Cadet Party, took into account large companies and wealthy people, and proposed to correct the gap between the rich and the poor.

He also believes that "Abenomics" has led to a growing gap between the rich and the poor and poverty, indicating that politics will play a role in building a mutually supportive society.

  NHK said that the biggest focus of this election is whether the ruling party in Japan will gain a majority and continue to form a coalition government, or whether the opposition party will expand its power and achieve regime change.

  According to reports, more than 1,000 candidates will compete for 465 seats in the Japanese House of Representatives.

  According to a poll conducted by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party currently has the highest support rate at 38.8%.

Followed by the Japanese Constitutional Democratic Party, 6.6%.

  The election of the Japanese House of Representatives implements a parallel system of small constituencies and proportional representation.

In the small constituency, voters directly vote on the candidates, and the one who gets the most votes is elected; in the proportional representation constituency, voters vote for each party, and according to the number of votes, each party is allocated seats in a certain proportion.

  In October 2017, in the 48th House of Representatives election in Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party won a big victory, winning 310 seats out of all 465 seats, more than two-thirds of the total number of seats in the House of Representatives.