Japan's ruling bloc to win majority of contested upper house seats

Japan's ruling bloc to win majority of contested upper house seats

(From L) Masahiko Komura, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, LDP President and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Sadakazu Tanigaki, LDP secretary general, and Tomomi Inada, chairwoman of the LDP Policy Research Council, are pictured at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on the night of July 10, 2016, as vote counting continues following the House of Councillors election. The ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito was likely to achieve its goal of winning a majority of the contested seats in the election, according to Kyodo News exit polls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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