Leaders of the major political parties denounced each other's policies on the economy and the Constitution on Saturday as they wound down their campaigns for the House of Councilors election.
While the opposition parties focused on blocking Abe's lifelong ambition to amend the pacifist Constitution, his ruling bloc has downplayed talk of constitutional reform to avoid worrying voters and kept its focus on Abenomics, his struggling economic policy, despite the unclear outlook for the global economy.
Addressing a rally in Tokyo's Sugamo district Saturday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to bring prosperity to Japan.