Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second, right) holds an election campaign in support for his Liberal Democratic Party's candidate in Tokyo's Ikebukuro on July 4, 2013. -AFP
TOKYO, Japan: Campaigning began Thursday in an election expected to strengthen Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's control over parliament, ushering in the stability he needs to fix Japan's floundering economy.
Voters nationwide will go to the polls on July 21 to elect half of the 242 seats in the upper house of the legislature.
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