Leaders clash at debate on eve of upper house election campaign

Leaders clash at debate on eve of upper house election campaign

Katsuya Okada, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, attends a party leaders' debate at the National Press Club in Tokyo on June 21, 2016, before the official campaigning period begins the next day for the July 10 House of Councillors election. Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe pushed his economic record, while opposition parties warned voters not to get distracted from the issue of constitutional reform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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