The Niigata at-large district (Japanese: 新潟県選挙区, Hepburn: Niigata-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Niigata Prefecture in the House of Councillors...

Niigata (新潟市, Niigata-shi, [niːɡata]) is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture. It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata...

five members to the Niigata Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Niigata at-large district in the upper house of...

Meiji restoration, the area was organized as part of Kitakanbara District, Niigata. The village of Seirō was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation...

House of Councillors of Japan since 2019. She represents the Niigata at-large district and is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan...

Murakami in northern Niigata Prefecture. Awashima is administratively the village of Awashimaura under Iwafune District of Niigata Prefecture. As of 2020[update]...

November 13, 1990, at age nine after watching a school baseball game in her home town of Sanjō, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. A large police search failed...

CDP and 1 member of the LDP. The members are elected from the Niigata at-large district. "新潟県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications...

also won as an opposition-backed independent candidate in the Niigata at-large district, which she had previously represented for two terms from 2001...

then became a part of Niigata Prefecture, which it is still as of today. At the end of the 19th century, there were three districts (郡), seven towns (町)...

The Hyogo at-large district (Japanese: 兵庫県選挙区, Hepburn: Hyōgo-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Hyogo Prefecture in the House of Councillors...

(politician) [ja], former House of Councillors member for the Niigata at-large district Masao Yoshida (flutist) (1915-2003), Japanese musician who studied...

The Chūetsu earthquakes (中越地震, Chūetsu jishin) occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004. The...

Councillors election, the JRP fielded him as their candidate for the Niigata at-large district, finishing fourth behind the three incumbent Councillors. Yoneyama...

located roughly halfway between the two larger cities of Nagaoka and Niigata. Niigata Prefecture Minami-ku, Niigata Sanjō Gosen Tagami Kamo has a Humid climate...

Yuzawa (湯沢町, Yuzawa-machi) is a town located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019[update], the town had an estimated population of 7,926, and...

the Gosen municipal assembly and independent candidate for the Niigata at-large district in the 2010 House of Councillors election. Makiko Kikuta, member...

representation of Miyagi, Niigata and Nagano districts to two Councillors while increasing Hyogo, Hokkaido and Fukuoka districts to six Councillors; this...

Muramatsu (村松町, Muramatsu-machi) was a town located in Nakakanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On January 1, 2006, Muramatsu was merged into the...

Minamiuonuma (南魚沼市, Minamiuonuma-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020[update], the city had an estimated population...

encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi. It is located directly between the Kantō...

Izumozaki (出雲崎町, Izumozaki-machi) is a town located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019[update], the town had an estimated population of 4...

region includes the four prefectures of Ishikawa, Fukui, Niigata and Toyama, although Niigata is sometimes included as an addition rather than being one...

Wajima, Noto and Anamizu, with the neighbouring prefectures of Toyama and Niigata also recording significant damage. There were 260 deaths confirmed and...

earthquake which destroyed large sections of Niigata. Today the Bandai Bridge is considered the symbol of the city of Niigata and is one of the city's most...

Nabechaya. The Niigata geigi are known for holding more flexible rules and traditions than other geisha districts in Japan, leading to the district's revival...

necessarily written with that character.) Kamo, Niigata Kamo District, Gifu Kamo District, Hiroshima Kamo District, Shizuoka Kamo, Kyoto Kamo, Okayama Kamo,...

outbreak of Minamata disease occurred in Niigata Prefecture in 1965. The original Minamata disease and Niigata Minamata disease are considered two of the...

which cities should be targets, and it recommended Kokura, Hiroshima, Niigata, and Kyoto. Stimson intervened, announcing that he would be making the...

Born the eighth son of a relatively prosperous farming family in rural Niigata prefecture, Hiraide graduated from the Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō (the predecessor...