TOKYO -- Japan's upper house election next month poses a major gender equality test, with a record number of female candidates running in a country known for lagging behind on women's political participation.
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Japan's female election candidates aim for diversity breakthrough
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The Liberal Democratic Party's Arfiya Eri, left, and the Constitutional Democratic Party's Yukiko Kaname are running in Japan's July 10 upper house election. (Source photos by Sayumi Take)
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