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2007-07-23
The Upper House Election is coming.
This weekend, the Upper House election takes place.
There are posters showing candidates' faces on boards, loudspeaker cars calling candidates' name repeatedly.
A main issue of the election is pension. Since the sloppy management of pension was revealed, people has been angry and also anxious about it.
While LDP, a major ruling party, stresses measures to make, opposition parties emphasizes that there is a fundamental problem in the administration.
As there happened a lot of scandals and problems in the current Abe Administration, some people predict that the ruling parties would lose majority in the Upper House at this election.