THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2022 at 17:17 JST
Kenta Izumi, the head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes his final plea in the Upper House election on July 9. (Tamiyuki Kihara)
Only one day after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down, the heads of major political parties resumed campaigning on July 9 across Japan while expressing the resolve to carry on. [Read More]
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