Official campaigning began Dec. 2 for the Dec. 14 Lower House election as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks a mandate from the public to press ahead with his economic policies amid signs of weakness in the economy.
Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party is aiming for another election victory, while the opposition hopes to weaken LDP dominance in the Lower House, which was dissolved Nov. 21. (Kyodo)
第47回衆議院選挙が12月2日公示され、各党が12日間にわたる選挙戦を開始した。
The Japan Times ST: December 12, 2014