Party leaders wind down upper house election campaigns

Party leaders wind down upper house election campaigns

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 9, 2016, shows a crowd gathered in Tokyo's Minato Ward to listen to a stump speech by a candidate running in the House of Councillors election the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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