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Tōkyō 8th district (東京都第8区, Tōkyō-to dai-hachiku or simply 東京8区, Tōkyō-hachiku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan . It is located in the most populous part of Tōkyō Metropolis , and covers the metropolis's Suginami Ward . The district was created in 1994 as part of an electoral reform effort in the Japanese House of Representatives , and was first implemented in the 1996 general election .
As of 2015, this district was home to 365,194 constituents.[ 2]
Before a series of electoral reforms in 1994, Suginami Ward had been part of Tōkyō 4th district , where five representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote .
The only representative for the 8th district since its creation has been Nobuteru Ishihara (LDP , currently Ishihara faction), the son of former environment minister and Governor of Tōkyō Shintarō Ishihara (JRP , formerly LDP, Ishihara, then Fukuda faction).
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