Campaigning for Japan upper house poll to begin June 22: LDP exec

The official campaign period for Japan's House of Councillors election will start on June 22, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday."There is no doubt the campaign period will start on June 22," Motegi said at a meeting held in Yamanashi Prefecture, adding to growing expectations the upper house election will be held July 10 if the current parliamentary session ends on June 15 as scheduled.The schedule must be decided by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who heads the LDP.But Motegi also said in a stump speech later in the day, "We have about …READ FULL ARTICLE