Local News

Statistics for the use of early voting in July 11th’s upper house election were released showing greater growth nationwide of early voting, particularly in Kyushu. Oita Prefecture posted the largest rate of growth of all prefectures in the country, with 26.4% compared to the national rate of 11.9%. In addition, Saga Prefecture was in third place, followed by Kumamoto Prefecture in 4th, Fukuoka Prefecture in 5th, and Nagasaki Prefecture in 8th. Thus, Kyushu prefectures accounted for half of the top ten.