Japan Politics

AP News - 581 days ago
Japan Politics
Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, left, shakes hands with a supporter as Democratic Party of Japan's candidate Yoichi Kaneko, center, looks on during an election campaign in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Sunday's parliamentary elections, in which half the seats in the 242-member upper house are up for grabs, is viewed as a referendum on the Democratic Party's 10 months in power since defeating the long-ruling conservatives. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)