Record 314 women run in Japan's general election

Record-high 314 women filed their candidacy Tuesday for the upcoming general election, while hereditary politics continued to play a large role within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.The number of female candidates for the Oct. 27 House of Representatives election was up from the previous record of 229 in the 2009 lower house poll, as both the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan ramped up their support for them.The percentage of women among all candidates rose 5.7 points from the last election in 2021 to 23.4 percent.The figures came as a recent report b…READ FULL ARTICLE