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2016 UPPER HOUSE ELECTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2016
Abe to 'take responsibility' if ruling bloc fails to win 61 seats in Upper House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will take the blame if the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling bloc fails to win more than a majority in the Upper House election.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2016
Scandal, other outrages fuel Upper House race
A widespread growing sense of anger and concern among Japanese voters will be a key factor determining the outcome of the upcoming Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / LEADERS SPEAK
Jun 21, 2016
Constitutional revision, security laws shouldn't be election issues: Komeito chief
Neither the Constitution nor the contentious security laws enacted last year should become key issues in the Upper House election, said Natsuo Yamaguchi, president of Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2016
Abe's LDP sits on solid lead ahead of Upper House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely garner more than twice as many votes as the Democratic Party, its biggest rival, in the pivotal July 10 Upper House election, newspaper surveys said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 20, 2016
Regional papers reach out to voters in fight to stay relevant, solvent
With the July 10 Upper House election just around the corner, politics is once again in the air as Diet members head back to their local constituencies to campaign and promote their party platforms.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2016
Over 60 percent of teen voters doubt 'Abenomics' will improve the economy
More than 60 percent of Japanese aged 18 and 19 who are eligible to vote for the first time in national elections do not believe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies will improve the country's economy, an online survey by Kyodo News showed Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2016
Nearly half of Upper House candidates oppose Abe's push to rewrite Constitution: survey
Almost 50 percent of those planning to run in next month's pivotal Upper House election oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to revise the war-renouncing Constitution, according to a survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
Nation's 18- and 19-year-olds prepare to vote
In the most significant change to the postwar era electoral system, the revised Public Election Offices Law granting the right to vote to 18- and 19-year-olds takes effect Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / LEADERS SPEAK
Jun 17, 2016
LDP vows all-out effort to boost Abenomics if it wins election
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will launch an all-out effort to boost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics policy if it wins big in the Upper House election next month, LDP Secretary-General Sadakazu Tanigaki vowed Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
DP platform to include protecting Article 9 and 'painful' reforms to pay for social security
The Democratic Party will pledge in the coming Upper House election campaign to enhance social security, with the funding coming through reforms, and oppose revising the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9, according to sources.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2016
Komeito platform supports tax-hike delay, avoids Constitution debate
Junior ruling coalition partner Komeito on Thursday backed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to postpone the consumption tax hike for two years in a set of campaign pledges announced ahead of the July 10 Upper House poll.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Most new Japanese voters find party policies hard to grasp
Nearly 90 percent of people aged 18 and 19 taking part in an internet poll say the political parties have not done a good job explaining their policies ahead of the Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Opposition parties, activists ink policy pact for Upper House election
The Democratic Party and three other opposition parties have signed a policy accord with a major activist group opposed to the controversial security laws pushed through by the ruling coalition last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2016
Abe mum on resigning if Upper House election goes badly
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would not say Saturday if he will step down if the ruling parties fail to win a majority of the seats up for grabs in the July 10 Upper House election.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 3, 2016
Abe's LDP signals dramatic shift on BOJ in election pledge
Though a centerpiece of past election agendas, the LDP makes no reference to monetary policy in its campaign platform ahead of the summer poll.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016
LDP commits to lifting economy in Upper House election pledges
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party promised Friday in its campaign platform for the July 10 Upper House election to push Abenomics to its "upper limit" to revive the nation's stagnant economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2016
Ruling, opposition camps switch into campaign mode day after election date confirmed
A day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set July 10 as the date for the upcoming Upper House election, the nation's ruling and opposition parties wasted no time Thursday launching into campaign mode.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
May 22, 2016
Osaka Ishin in existential crisis as election looms
A year after Osaka city voters rejected Osaka Ishin no Kai's most fundamental policy proposal in a referendum, the party finds itself heading south.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 19, 2016
Abe to decide on second stage of tax hike after election: sources
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to wait until after this summer's Upper House election before deciding whether to go ahead with the second stage of a consumption tax hike as scheduled, sources close to Abe have said.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2016
Abe lurches to economic left to broaden appeal before crucial summer election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shifting his economic policies to the left in a bid to broaden his appeal ahead of a key election this summer.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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