Attention is being paid to whether parties calling for constitutional amendments in Japan will secure seats enough for parliament to propose the changes to the people, in Sunday's election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament.
Views have been spreading that forces supporting the revisions, including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) and the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), an opposition party, may secure the two-thirds of Lower House seats.
There has been little debate about the matter during campaigning, however.
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