TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks staged a celebratory rally on July 11, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's victory in the upper house election.

The death of Shinzo Abe, right, has robbed a powerful faction in the ruling LDP of its leader and could give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida more freedom to pursue his own agenda. (Nikkei montage/Uichiro Kasai/Ken Kobayashi/Tetsuya Kitayama)
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