Abe's ruling coalition wins upper house election, but suffers constitutional reform setback

 

People watch the TV program of the upper house election in Tokyo, Japan, on July 21, 2019. Japan's ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won more than half of the contested seats in Sunday's upper house election, maintaining a majority in the chamber. However, the ruling parties and others advocating constitutional reform did not win the needed 85 seats to get a two-thirds majority, a prerequisite for any amendment. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)