Prime Minister seeks win in Japanese Upper House election to secure his majority and push reforms

Tokyo (dpa) – Campaigning kicked off Wednesday for Japan’s upper house elections in July as analysts say Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling camp seeks a referendum to change the country’s war-renouncing constitution. The July 10 elections for the House of Councillors come 10 months after Abe’s government pushed through controversial legislation that allows Japanese armed forces…