Japan’s main party leaders address upcoming election campaign

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y4902

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010. Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y4826

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) during an election campaign in
Fukui city about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y5347

Japan's ruling party and main opposition party leaders arrive in the city of Fukui on the same day to address their supporters during an upcoming upper house election campaign. Fukui, Japan. 02/07/2010

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) speaks
and his party Fukui candidate Yamazaki Masaaki(R) waves hand
 during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers
west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y4784

Official campaigning of upper house elections kicked off June 24 and election will be held July 11. Upcoming elections will be the first national poll since the DPJ came to power in last year September.

The upper house has less power in parliament’s two chambers. Lower house has authority to select a prime minister and make the budget pacts but upper house can reject other bills approved lower house. DPJ need majority of upper house chamber for smoothly run their policy.

Upper house has 242 seats members and election will held for select to 121 members. Half of the seats of upper house chamber are chosen by ballot every three years. Last upper house election was in July 2007.

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan Waves his supporters from car
during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers
 west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y5371

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and
his party Fukui candidate Yamazaki Masaaki(R) react
 during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320 kilometers
west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y4793

Police officers carry small barricade and walk pass the political
campaigners during an election campaign in Fukui city, about 320
kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery. 44Y4869

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and his party candidate
Inobe Kouta (C) react  during an election campaign in
Fukui city about 320 kilometers west of Tokyo, Japan July 2,2010.
Pic-Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery.44Y5236

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