TOKYO -- Japan's upper house election campaign officially began on Thursday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's struggle to combat rising prices in sharp focus.

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Leaders of eight Japan's political parties pose before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan on July 2.

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