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Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth largest economy and complicate tariff talks with the United States.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which could heighten calls for the government to boost spending and cut tax.

The yen came under pressure on Friday heading into Sunday's upper house election in which Japan's ruling party looks vulnerable, while, more broadly, the U.S. dollar was set for a second weekly gain against major peers,

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Migration, tariffs and other economic issues dominating Japan's upper house election.

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public about the rising cost of living. But a weak political base is not Ishiba’s only problem.

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Economists have called for timely intervention to control rising maize prices, warning that any price surge risks exerting more inflationary pressures in an economy already exposed to election-induced spending.

TOKYO -- Immigration to Japan has emerged as a key political issue ahead of Sunday's upper house of parliament election, after a surge in the number of visitors and residents from overseas in recent years.