Prefectural and Local Elections
Prefectural parliaments and governors, as well as mayors and assemblies in municipalities are elected for four-year terms. Many of these elections are held at the same time in the "unified local elections" (tōitsu chihō senkyo); in the last unified local election on April 6, 2007, 13 governors, 44 prefectural parliaments and mayors or assemblies in more than 1,000 cities, special wards, towns and villages were up for election.
- Japanese unified regional elections, 2011
- Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2003
- Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2007
- Tokyo prefectural election, 2001
- Tokyo prefectural election, 2005
- Tokyo prefectural election, 2009
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