A woman from Uzbekistan was elected a deputy in Japan

On April 23, mayoral and parliamentary elections were held in cities and villages across Japan. 37-year-old Orzugul Bobohojayeva, originally from Uzbekistan, was elected deputy of Setagaya district. He wrote about it on his Facebook page on April 24. "For the first time, I was elected deputy of Setagaya district with 6771 votes. Thank you all. I will go to the Setagaya ward office today to receive the winning certificate. I will change my beloved Japan through Setegaya district," he wrote in Japanese. Orzugul Bobohojayeva writes on her Twitter page that she has been living in Japan since she was 14-15 years old. First he worked in a logistics company, then in a wine company. He also worked as a freelancer and restaurant manager. "Orzugul is a talented presenter and business woman. She spent the beginning of her sojourn to take care of her brother and mother. Today, she was nominated as a deputy by the political liberal party of Japan. She fought equally with her Japanese opponents and was elected as a deputy of Setagaya district with 6,771 votes," he said. Japanese scholar Dilafruz Ikromova in an interview with Kun.uz. For information, on April 9, 2023, local elections were held across the country in Japan. The second round of the election was held on April 23. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the elections. Setagaya, where Bobohojayeva was elected as a deputy, is a special district in Tokyo. Setagaya is a densely populated area and has the second largest area (after Oiti) in the Tokyo Special Ward. The population of the region is 921,120 people, the population density is 16,177 people per square kilometer, and the total area is 58 square km. Source: Kun.uz