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in the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...

, the upper house of the Japanese National Diet. It was formed in late July 2019 briefly after the 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors by two new members who had been elected as independents for the center-left opposition alliance in single-member constituencies ( CDP, DPFP, JCP, Social Security Review Conference and

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Yukiko Kada is a Japanese politician and member of the National Diet of Japan, serving as member of the House of Councillors from Shiga Prefecture since 2019. She was the prefectural governor of Shiga for two terms from 2006 to 2014. She is from Honjō, Sa ...

from

Shiga is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...

, former governor, who narrowly (49%/47%)Results of the 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors
(pdf), pp. 79 & 81 (Japanese), retrieved August 30, 2019. defeated LDP incumbent Takeshi Ninoyu, * and Takako Nagae from

Ehime is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tok ...

, a former member of the House of Representatives from the Shikoku proportional constituency, who defeated LDP newcomer celebrity-turned-politician Rakusaburō by a solid margin (56%/42%) to succeed retiring Takumi Ihara (LDP). The in the group name is supposed to represent the colours of the two campaigns, and the {{Nihongo, "water", 水 refers to the waters of

Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Lake Biwa is an ancient lake, over 4 million years old. It is estimated to be the 13th ol ...

that is literally and symbolically central to Shiga, and the Seto Inland Sea that surrounds Ehime.

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News/ Nankai Hōsō, July 30, 2019
参院選で初当選した永江さんが新会派結成（愛媛県）
retrieved August 1, 2019.

External links

Kada's website
(Japanese, green)
Nagae's website
(Japanese, blue)

References

Politics of Japan Parliamentary groups