2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

by 27 July 2025

124 of the 248 seats in the House of Councillors 125 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Liberal Democratic Shigeru Ishiba 114 Constitutional Democratic Yoshihiko Noda 39 Komeito Keiichi Ishii 27 Ishin Nobuyuki Baba 20 Communist Tomoko Tamura 11 Democratic For the People Yuichiro Tamaki 10 Reiwa Taro Yamamoto 5 Sanseitō Sohei Kamiya 1 Social Democratic Mizuho Fukushima 1 Incumbent President Hidehisa Otsuji Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections are scheduled to be held in Japan by 27 July 2025 to elect 124 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years.

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in Japan

Parties		Leader	Ideology	Seats		Status
				Last election	Before election
	Liberal Democratic Party	Shigeru Ishiba	Conservatism Japanese nationalism	119 / 248	114 / 248	Governing coalition
	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan	Yoshihiko Noda	Liberalism	39 / 248	39 / 248	Opposition
	Komeito	Keiichi Ishii	Buddhist democracy Social conservatism	27 / 248	27 / 248	Governing coalition
	Nippon Ishin no Kai	Nobuyuki Baba	Right-wing populism Economic liberalism	21 / 248	19 / 248	Opposition
	Japanese Communist Party	Tomoko Tamura	Communism Democratic socialism	11 / 248	11 / 248
	Democratic Party For the People	Yuichiro Tamaki	Conservatism	10 / 248	10 / 248
	Reiwa Shinsengumi	Tarō Yamamoto	Progressivism Left-wing populism	5 / 248	5 / 248
	NHK Party	Ayaka Otsu (disputed)	Anti–TV license fees	2 / 248	2 / 248
	Social Democratic Party	Mizuho Fukushima	Social democracy	1 / 248	1 / 248
	Sanseitō	Sohei Kamiya	Ultraconservatism Right-wing populism	1 / 248	1 / 248	Unaffiliated