Japan LDP Holds Key Meeting Ahead of Upper House Election

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Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a meeting of key officials Saturday to prepare for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament. “It is the LDP that bears responsibility for how to steer the country,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told the meeting of secretaries-general of regional chapters. Other participants i…

Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a meeting of key officials Saturday to prepare for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament. “It is the LDP that bears responsibility for how to steer the country,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told the meeting of secretaries-general of regional chapters. Other participants i…