TOKYO -- There are only three days left until the Japanese upper house election, with the coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to hold on to its majority.
If ruling coalition loses majority, PM Ishiba's position would be badly weakened

From left, Komeito’s Tetsuo Saito, the LDP’s Shigeru Ishiba, the DPP’s Yuichiro Tamaki and the CDP’s Yoshihiko Noda. (Source photos by Arisa Moriyama, Mayumi Tsumita and Akitoshi Sugiura)
TOKYO -- There are only three days left until the Japanese upper house election, with the coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to hold on to its majority.