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JAPAN-HOUSE OF COUNCILORS-ELECTION

(220710) -- TOKYO, July 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A voter casts a ballot at a polling station for Japan's House of Councilors election in Tokyo, Japan, July 10, 2022. Japan's ruling bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito is set to secure a majority of seats contested in the House of Councilors election on Sunday, maintaining its majority in the upper chamber, Kyodo News exit polls showed. For this year's election, a total of 125 seats were contested. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Xinhua)

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