Kōichi Hagiuda, branded as a “backstabbing legislator,” in a dead heat with Yoshio Arita of Rikken, and Tamayo Marukawa, who is “not co-hosting” with her husband.

The October 27 general election for the House of Representatives has already brought about an anomaly.

If the general election were to be summed up in one word, it would be “the election to sift out the backstabbing Diet members.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ruled out 12 members, including former Education Minister Hirofumi Shimomura, former Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, and former National Diet Committee Chairman Takeshi Takaki, all of whom had been suspended from party membership, as well as former policy chief Kōichi Hagiuda, who has been suspended from party positions and has yet to explain his actions at a political ethics review panel.

This angered the former Abe faction.

Some have stated that they will move to overthrow the government after the election.

Some even declared that they would “move to overthrow the government after the election.

Survey Results “Favor” Hagiuda, Who Was Expected to Suffer Heavily

Of particular note is Mr. Hagiuda, who was elevated to a key position by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

He is running in Tokyo’s 24th district, centered on Hachioji, and is expected to face off against Yoshio Arita, the official candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan’s Rikken Democratic Party.

Pre-war predictions were that Hagiuda, a “symbol” of the old Abe faction and a backroom money man, as well as his ties to the old Unification Church, would have a tough fight. ……

According to the data from several surveys in my possession, Mr. Arita was ahead of Mr. Hagiuda by about 3 points at the beginning of this month, but the gap has been shrinking rapidly, and in the survey conducted from October 11 to 13, just before the public announcement on October 15, Mr. Hagiuda was ahead of Mr. Arita by almost 9 points. Surveys conducted by major newspapers are also beginning to show that Hagiuda has the upper hand.