2016 House of Councillors Election
Communist Party slightly increased
July 10, 2016, Tokyo, Japan - With his lips pursed tightly, President Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo A field of 389 candidates, including 42 from the Communist Party, across the country Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory despite doubts about his economic policies and his goal of revising the pacifist constitution.(Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-