Voting is under way in by-elections to fill two vacant seats in Japan's parliament, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party facing off against the leading opposition force in one-on-one battles.
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A candidate backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has a slight lead over a rival fielded by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in an Upper House by-election on the main island of Shikoku, an Asahi Shimbun analysis shows.