Tokyo Photo Gallery

The 45th election of the House of Representatives members took place on August 30. This was the first time in 107 years for the lower house election to be held in August; the last time being in 1902. Tokyo had approximately 10.6 million registered voters at the time of the election and voter turnout for single-seat constituencies was 66.37%, surpassing that of the previous general election of September 2005.

Photo: Young voters were noticeable at a polling station in Shinagawa Ward