Singer, scandal-hit politician, scholar among election candidates

Yoshimi Watanabe, the 64-year-old former head of the defunct opposition Your Party, makes a speech in Tokyo on June 22, 2016, for the July 10 House of Councillors election. Watanabe lost his parliamentary seat following revelations in 2014 regarding 800 million yen ($7.7 million) in unreported loans from a cosmetics firm executive. Prosecutors decided not to indict him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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