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Japan PM faces reckoning in upper house election

WORLD NEWS
20-07-2025 15:53 HKT
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Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (AFP)
Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (AFP)
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