Campaigning for vacant upper house seats start in Nagano, Hiroshima

Campaigning for vacant House of Councillors seats started Thursday in Nagano and Hiroshima prefectures, with the outcomes likely to impact Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's leadership status and the timing of a general election that must be held by fall.A by-election for the upper house constituency in Nagano Prefecture and a do-over election for the constituency in Hiroshima Prefecture -- both scheduled for April 25 -- will be the first national polls since Suga took office in September last year.The two polls will effectively be contested between candidates from the ruling coalition of Suga…READ FULL ARTICLE