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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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New Party Sakigake dissolved

New Party Sakigake leader Masayoshi Takemura (standing) says a few words at an Oct. 20 ceremony to officially dissolve the opposition party he founded five years and four months ago. The former finance minister said he and House of Councillors member Tenzo Okumura will form a new party called Sakigake later in the day.

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Imperial Wedding Gala - St Petersburg

Exclusive - Rene Serres, Sarah Faberge and Alexander Tenzo attend the Welcome Cocktail at theVladimir Museum in St. Petersburg, September 30, 2021, Russia . Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Imperial Wedding Gala - St Petersburg

Exclusive - Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, (Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov) and Princess Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia Bettarini) pose with Rene Serres, Sarah Faberge and Alexander Tenzo during the Imperial Wedding Gala at Ethnographical museum, St Petersburg, on October 01, 2021, Russia . Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Imperial Wedding Gala - St Petersburg

Exclusive - Rene Serres, Sarah Faberge and Alexander Tenzo arrive at the Imperial Wedding Gala at Ethnographical museum, St Petersburg, on October 01, 2021, Russia . Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich And Rebecca Bettarini Wedding - St Petersburg

Exclusive - Rene Serres, Sarah Faberge and Alexander Tenzo attend the Imperial Wedding Ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, (Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov) and Miss Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia Bettarini) at St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg, on September 30, 2021, Russia . Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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New Party Sakigake dissolved

New Party Sakigake leader Masayoshi Takemura (standing) says a few words at an Oct. 20 ceremony to officially dissolve the opposition party he founded five years and four months ago. The former finance minister said he and House of Councillors member Tenzo Okumura will form a new party called Sakigake later in the day. ==Kyodo