Japan's minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
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Leaders of eight political parties, from left to right, Komeito Chief Representative Tetsuo Saito, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, Japan Innovation Party Co-Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura and Democratic Party For the People Representative Yuichiro Tamaki pose before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)Leaders of eight political parties, from left to right, Komeito Chief Representative Tetsuo Saito, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, Japan Innovation Party Co-Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura and Democratic Party For the People Representative Yuichiro Tamaki pose before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on July 2, 2025. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)
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Leaders of eight political parties, from left to right, Komeito Chief Representative Tetsuo Saito, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, Japan Innovation Party Co-Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura and Democratic Party For the People Representative Yuichiro Tamaki pose before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)