{"id":146887,"date":"2022-06-17T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=146887&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-06-17T17:48:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:48:39","slug":"number-of-constituencies-in-fukuoka-remains-unchanged-but-borders-adjusted","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/number-of-constituencies-in-fukuoka-remains-unchanged-but-borders-adjusted\/","title":{"rendered":"Number Of Constituencies In Fukuoka Remains Unchanged, But Borders Adjusted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To correct the so-called &#8220;one-vote disparity&#8221; in the lower house of the Diet, a government council recommended adjustments to Prime Minister Kishida. In Fukuoka Prefecture, the number of constituencies will remain the same, but the delineation between the 1st and 4th wards will be changed. Specifically, the Tatara 1 and Tatara 2 voting wards, Hatta voting ward, Aoba 1 voting ward, and Aoba 2 voting ward in Higashi ward, Fukuoka City, which are currently included in Fukuoka 1 ward, will be moved to the adjacent Fukuoka 4 ward. If enacted, the new district lines will be introduced after about one month of public awareness and are expected to be applied from the next House of Representatives election this summer. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20220616\/5010016123.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146888\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_higashi-ward-election_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C803&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Number Of Constituencies In Fukuoka Remains Unchanged, But Borders Adjusted\" width=\"1400\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_higashi-ward-election_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_higashi-ward-election_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_higashi-ward-election_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C587&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_higashi-ward-election_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C441&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To correct the so-called &#8220;one-vote disparity&#8221; in the lower house of the Diet, a government council recommended adjustments to Prime Minister Kishida. In Fukuoka Prefecture, the number of constituencies will remain the same, but the delineation between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-146887","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-higashi-ku","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/146887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}