The tariff election | Today in the Upper House Campaign
This is the latest update for paid subscribers on the state of the upper house campaign, which will continue through the vote on 20 July.
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The campaign trail
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru was in Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata, three competitive single-member districts. Koizumi Shinjirō was in Niigata, another competitive single-member district. Kobayashi Takayuki was in Hokkaido and Fukushima.
Komeitō’s Saitō Tetsuo campaigned in Saitama.
The Constitutional Democratic Party’s (CDP) Noda Yoshihiko spent his Friday in Gifu and Aichi. Secretary-General Ogawa Junya was in Kansai, stopping in Nara, Osaka, and Kyoto.
Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) leader Tamaki Yūichirō campaigned in Tokyo and Yamanashi.
Ishin no Kai co-leader Yoshimura Hirofumi also spent Friday in Kansai, campaigning in Nara and Shiga. His-co leader Maehara Seiji again campaigned at home in Kyoto.
Sanseitō’s Kamiya Sōhei campaigned across Kyushu on Friday, with stops in Miyazaki, Oita, and Nagasaki.
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) leader Tamura Tomoko was in Niigata and Nagano.
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