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Article: EDITORIAL: Upper House campaign commences.(Editorial)
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
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- July 13, 2007
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Jul. 13--The campaign for the July 29 Upper House election has officially started. It is the first national election since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in September 2006. Under the Abe administration so far, the Fundamental Law of Education has been revised to instill patriotism in children and strengthen state control of education, and the Defense Agency has been upgraded to a Defense Ministry, among other things. The election results will deliver voters' verdict on Mr. Abe's politics.
Although pension-related problems are expected to be the No. 1 issue, Mr. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party treats constitutional revision as the top item in its campaign ...