10月16日（日本放送协会）——日本众议院选举的竞选活动正式拉开帷幕。报名截止，报名人数超过1000人。
执政联盟希望维持其多数席位，但反对党希望阻止它。
自民党总裁兼首相石破茂说：“我们带着深刻的反思面对这次选举。我们绝不能再允许诸如不申报筹款晚会收入之类的失误。这次选举是为了振兴日本。我们将重塑日本。我们要在国会特别会议和临时会议上提出新的经济政策。去年的追加预算总额为37万亿日元。我们将提交规模更大的追加预算，并在国会审议后通过。”我们相信公众，我们将说出真相，讨论国家应该如何前进。除了自民党和公明党组成的联合政府，没有其他政党能领导日本。”
日本立宪民主党总裁野田佳彦表示：“这是为了掩盖秘密资金而解散的行为，这个问题不应该被掩盖。国民应该明白，秘密资金是争论的焦点，应该表达愤怒。”下议院已被匆忙解散。一旦选举结束，自民党就会说，一切都一笔勾销了。它将再次要求对那些在选举中没有得到正式支持的人提供额外的支持，并让他们重新担任负责任的职位。让我们脱离支持幕后交易议员的自民党政治吧。”
日本革新党代表Baba Nobuyuki说：“自民党缺乏自我修复的能力。为了重新获得公众的信任，我们必须通过自律和痛苦的自我改革，使政治中的金钱更加干净和透明。一旦这次选举结束，下届国会开始，我们将彻底解决这个问题。”
公明党首席代表石井庆一说：“我们需要继续提高工资，以超过物价上涨。哪个政党或联盟能够应对我国面临的国内外问题，并准备实施这些政策？公明党是唯一能够参与真正为普通国民和国民服务的政治的政党。”
日本共产党主席田村友子说：“我们不会让筹款丑闻消失。我们党将继续要求进行彻底调查。我们还打算禁止所有公司和组织的捐款。考虑到消费税的废除，我们希望立即将其降至5%。我们还认为发票制度应该毫无疑问地取消。让我们一起为新政治铺平道路，引领我们走向充满希望的未来。”
亲民民主党总裁玉木雄一郎说：“你们会选择让人民富裕的政治家，还是选择让人民富裕的政治家？自己有钱吗?我们将解决秘密资金问题。”我们将推动通过降低社会保险费来增加净收入的政策。”
Reiwa shinsenumi的共同领导人Kushibuchi Mari说：“自民党、公明党和已经解散的民主党都对经济管理不善负有责任。我们党将通过降低消费税、提供季节性现金补助和降低社会保险费三项举措，坚决推动改善人民日常生活。”
Social Democratic Party President Fukushima Mizuho said: "This election is a historic race that will end the politics of the LDP. Peace and making a living are the most important things. Tax money should go towards improving people's livelihoods. We want to appeal to the public on these issues."
Sanseito President Kamiya Sohei said: "A big issue in this election is how Japan will survive the turbulent international situation. We need to stop the recklessness of the administration and we must stop the country's 30-year slump now."
All 465 Lower House seats are up for grabs. 289 will be decided in single-seat districts and 176 through a proportional representation system.
A majority is 233 seats. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says if the governing coalition can secure a majority, he would consider it a victory. The coalition held 290 seats when he dissolved the chamber last week.
NHK has found that 1,113 candidates are running in the single-seat districts.
Meanwhile, 231 candidates are in the running only under the proportional representation system.
The official campaign runs for 12 days. It will end the day before voters head to the polls on October 27.
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