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                   Polls Open in Japan Parliamentary Election

   Japanese voters are going to the polls Sunday in an election for the
   upper house that is expected to help end six years of parliamentary
   deadlock.
   Public opinion polls indicate that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s ruling
   bloc will win. A victory would give Mr. Abe`s Liberal Democratic Party
   and the junior partner New Komeito control of both houses of
   parliament.
   At stake are 121 seats, half of the upper house seats. Polls close at 8
   p.m. local time - 1100 UTC - with vote counting to begin immediately
   thereafter.
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