Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

SAITAMA, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Saitama, near Tokyo, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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