Party leaders seek support as Japan's election campaign nears end

Political leaders on Friday ramped up their calls for support in the final stretch of their campaigning for the House of Representatives election that will determine the fate of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's months-old government.In a stump speech in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Takaichi, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, vowed to boost Japan's agricultural productivity with the use of cutting-edge technology, as rural areas struggle with labor shortages due to the nation's chronic decline of birthrates."We will increase the supply capacity" of agricultural produce by making it…READ FULL ARTICLE