Warning signs | Today in the Upper House Campaign
Poll after poll suggests that a major political shock could be coming
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I joined the 14 July edition of Bloomberg’s “The Asia Trade” to discuss the upper house elections and Japan’s trade talks with the US.
The campaign trail
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru was campaigning in single-member districts in Tohoku on Monday, 14 July, stopping in Aomori and Akita. The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) young leaders Koizumi Shinjirō and Kobayashi Takayuki were in Fukushima and Ibaraki, and Hyogo respectively.
Komeitō’s Saitō Tetsuo was in Osaka.
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) leader Noda Yoshihiko campaigned in Fukuoka and Okinawa, appearing in the latter with representatives from other parties, including former Japanese Communist Party (JCP) leader Shii Kazuo. Secretary-General Ogawa Junya was in Miyagi and Aomori.
After starting the day in Okinawa, Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) leader Tamaki Yūichirō campaigned in Kanto, stopping in Kanagawa, two different sites in Tokyo, and Chiba on 14 July.
Ishin no Kai co-leader Yoshimura Hirofumi was in Hyogo, while his partner Maehara Seiji again campaigned in Kyoto.
Sanseitō’s Kamiya Sōhei visited Shikoku’s four prefectures on Monday, stopping in Kochi, Tokushima, Kagawa, and Ehime.
JCP leader Tamura Tomoko was in Chiba.
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