The redrawing of the House of Representatives electoral map, which cut one seat from Fukushima Prefecture, has sparked a fierce battle between two major political parties ahead of Sunday's general election.
The race in the newly created Fukushima No. 2 single-seat district, which consists primarily of areas from the former No. 2 and No. 3 constituencies, has become a three-way contest, with the main competition shaping up between candidates from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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