The Communist Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party Will Unite in 17 Single-Seat Districts for the Upper House Election, While Competition Remains in Six Districts: Asahi Shimbun

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At a press conference on the 30th, Akira Koike, Secretary General of the Communist Party, announced that the party had finished coordinating candidates with the Constitutional Democratic Party for the House of Councillors election (July 3rd announcement, July 20th voting). The Communist Party has already withdrawn new candidates that had been officially endorsed in both the Fukushima and Kagoshima electoral districts...