TOKYO -- Japan's stubbornly high inflation and U.S. trade tariffs are casting a pall over both this month's upper house election race and the central bank's efforts to normalize monetary policy.
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Customers shop at a supermarket in Osaka. The rising cost of food and other essentials is a major issue in political campaigning for Japan's upper house election. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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