Voting under way for upper house election

Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Voters cast their ballots in the upper house election in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 11, 2010. A total of 437 candidates are competing for the 121 seats up for grabs in the first national election since the Democratic Party of Japan took power the previous year.

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