Japan ruling bloc to secure majority in July upper house race: poll

Japan's ruling parties are projected to secure a majority of the 125 seats up for grabs in the July 10 House of Councillors election, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.It also suggested that the pro-constitutional revision camp, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party and some small opposition parties, would maintain the two-thirds majority in the 248-member upper house needed to initiate any amendment.For the upcoming election, 124 seats -- 74 in electoral districts and 50 by proportional representation -- are contested, together with one left vacant in the othe…READ FULL ARTICLE