TOKYO -- Voting in Japan's upper house election began Sunday at 7 a.m. across more than 44,000 polling stations, in a ballot where tackling inflation and immigration policy have become key political issues.
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Voters walk past the candidate bulletin board at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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