Asahi, Takeya, Yamazoe Projected To Win In Tokyo
The NHK decision desk is projecting that the Liberal Democratic Party's Asahi Kentaro, Komeito's Takeya Toshiko and Yamazoe Taku of the Japanese Communist Party will retain their seats in Tokyo.
Incumbent lawmaker Asahi is expected to win a second term. He is a former beach volleyball Olympian.
Takeya will likely take a third term. She was a parliamentary vice minister of finance.
Yamazoe Taku is a lawyer. He was elected for the first time six years ago.
Tokyo had six seats up for grabs, the highest number of any district. A total of 34 candidates have been competing in a fiercely contested race.
In the past two Upper House elections, the ruling coalition and opposition forces won three seats each.