Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will regain majority in the upper house of the parliament for the first time in 27 years, after an independent lawmaker submitted the application to join the party, the party said Wednesday.
Half seats of the upper house are up to grab every three years. A total of 389 candidates will contest in the vote through a mix of constituencies and proportional representation.
Official campaigning for the July 10 Japanese House of Councillors election kicked off on Wednesday with the ruling coalition that groups the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito Party contesting with the opposition parties over policies on economy and Constitution amendment.
Japan's opposition lawmakers on Thursday succeeded in delaying a vote on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's plans to see controversial security legislation enacted which will allow the scope of the nation's Self Defense-Forces to be expanded globally in the biggest post-war shift seen in 70 years.
Myanmar's House of Nationalities ( upper house) has passed a motion to adopt a decisive policy for detained "boat people," sources with the parliament said Tuesday.
The Japanese government on Monday said it had no problem with a potential visit by upper house lawmaker Antonio Inoki to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
U.S. space agency NASA said Monday its spacecraft that will examine the upper atmosphere of Mars "in unprecedented detail" is undergoing final preparations for a November launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Japan's upper house on Friday approved the nomination of Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and that of Kikuo Iwata and Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.
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