Senkyo.com has launched the "Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching" (Voting on May 31)
Ichini Inc., which operates Senkyo.com, launched the "Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching" on May 14. This service allows users to measure their compatibility with candidates by answering questions on policies, aiming to help them choose who to vote for in the May 31 election.
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- 📰 Published: May 15, 2026 at 03:21
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Ichini Inc. (CEO Taku Takahata, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), which operates Senkyo.com, opened the "Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching" (https://votematches.go2senkyo.com/niigata_governor_2026/) on May 14.
The "Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching" is a service where you can measure your degree of matching with candidates whose ideas are close to yours by answering questions about policies directly related to our lives, for the purpose of choosing who to vote for in the Niigata gubernatorial election, announced on May 14 and with voting and vote counting on May 31.
We hope you will use it as a reference when choosing who to vote for.
Vote Matching Overview
This time, we have prepared 17 questions. Senkyo.com designed the questions, conducted a survey with the candidates, and produced the service based on their answers.
The questions cover a wide range of fields, including the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, measures against population decline, and the state of the prefectural government, which are cited as "issues" in this gubernatorial election. By providing an "explanatory text" that outlines each question, as well as "merits" and "demerits," we provide judgment materials for users.
Both users and candidates answer the questions with five options (Agree, Somewhat Agree, Neither, Somewhat Disagree, Disagree), from which we measure the degree of agreement on their views on policies.
Click here for the Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching >>
What is Vote Matching
The "Vote Matching" provided by Senkyo.com is implemented not only for House of Representatives and House of Councillors elections but also for local elections such as gubernatorial and mayoral elections. The number of uses exceeded 4 million in this year's House of Councillors election, and the cumulative number of uses of vote matching has exceeded 10 million.
Vote Matching is an online tool that allows you to find out which party or candidate you have similar ideas to by answering questions that are issues in the election with five choices from agree to disagree.
The calculation of the matching degree uses the "distance" between the candidate's answer and the user's choice.
For example, for a question where the user chose "Agree," if candidate A chose "Agree" and candidate B chose "Somewhat Agree," the score added to the matching degree will be greater for candidate A, whose answer is closer, than for candidate B.
Senkyo.com has the goal of helping voters vote by communicating election information in an easy-to-understand manner, leading to an increase in voter turnout. We would like to help many voters vote, so please look forward to future vote matching!
About Ichini Inc.
Ichini Inc. operates Japan's largest political and election portal site "Senkyo.com," used by about 41 million users, and manages domestic election information and candidate information in a database. By building a platform related to elections and politics and maintaining information transparency, we support the creation of an environment where voters can more easily participate in politics.
In addition, we also hold study sessions for local assembly members, create diverse networks through public-private-academic collaboration, and promote innovation through discussions in open forums.
・Official Website: https://ichi-ni.jp/
・Senkyo.com: https://go2senkyo.com/
・Senkyo.com Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thesenkyo
・Senkyo.com Official X Account: https://x.com/go2senkyo
・Senkyo.com Official TikTok Account: https://www.tiktok.com/@go2senkyo
The "Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching" is a service where you can measure your degree of matching with candidates whose ideas are close to yours by answering questions about policies directly related to our lives, for the purpose of choosing who to vote for in the Niigata gubernatorial election, announced on May 14 and with voting and vote counting on May 31.
We hope you will use it as a reference when choosing who to vote for.
Vote Matching Overview
This time, we have prepared 17 questions. Senkyo.com designed the questions, conducted a survey with the candidates, and produced the service based on their answers.
The questions cover a wide range of fields, including the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, measures against population decline, and the state of the prefectural government, which are cited as "issues" in this gubernatorial election. By providing an "explanatory text" that outlines each question, as well as "merits" and "demerits," we provide judgment materials for users.
Both users and candidates answer the questions with five options (Agree, Somewhat Agree, Neither, Somewhat Disagree, Disagree), from which we measure the degree of agreement on their views on policies.
Click here for the Niigata Gubernatorial Election 2026 Vote Matching >>
What is Vote Matching
The "Vote Matching" provided by Senkyo.com is implemented not only for House of Representatives and House of Councillors elections but also for local elections such as gubernatorial and mayoral elections. The number of uses exceeded 4 million in this year's House of Councillors election, and the cumulative number of uses of vote matching has exceeded 10 million.
Vote Matching is an online tool that allows you to find out which party or candidate you have similar ideas to by answering questions that are issues in the election with five choices from agree to disagree.
The calculation of the matching degree uses the "distance" between the candidate's answer and the user's choice.
For example, for a question where the user chose "Agree," if candidate A chose "Agree" and candidate B chose "Somewhat Agree," the score added to the matching degree will be greater for candidate A, whose answer is closer, than for candidate B.
Senkyo.com has the goal of helping voters vote by communicating election information in an easy-to-understand manner, leading to an increase in voter turnout. We would like to help many voters vote, so please look forward to future vote matching!
About Ichini Inc.
Ichini Inc. operates Japan's largest political and election portal site "Senkyo.com," used by about 41 million users, and manages domestic election information and candidate information in a database. By building a platform related to elections and politics and maintaining information transparency, we support the creation of an environment where voters can more easily participate in politics.
In addition, we also hold study sessions for local assembly members, create diverse networks through public-private-academic collaboration, and promote innovation through discussions in open forums.
・Official Website: https://ichi-ni.jp/
・Senkyo.com: https://go2senkyo.com/
・Senkyo.com Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thesenkyo
・Senkyo.com Official X Account: https://x.com/go2senkyo
・Senkyo.com Official TikTok Account: https://www.tiktok.com/@go2senkyo