Overview

• Gunma Prefecture opened one-day early voting sites on July 8 at Maebashi Institute of Technology—its first university polling location in a national election—and at a mobile bus station in Takasaki’s Yoshii district.
• Nanbu Town in Tottori conducted its second-ever remote online oversight for early voting on July 9 to ease logistical burdens on election attendants.
• Yamanashi City’s White Rakuten restaurant introduced a half-price ramen discount for voters who present proof of participation in the Senate election.
• The Yamanashi Prefectural Election Commission commissioned influencer Momoka to distribute quiz videos on social media to engage younger voters.
• Additional mobile polling stations are scheduled across Gunma and Yamanashi prefectures on July 10, 14, 16, and 18 to expand access for rural and urban communities before the July 20 vote.