The election campaign for the Japanese Senate has begun, and the government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a "major test".

On July 3, Japan's 27th House of Councillors election was announced, kicking off a 17-day campaign period. Political parties across the board in Japan have launched full-scale campaign activities. Reporters conducting on-site interviews in Tokyo in recent days have found that party leaders and candidate lawmakers from various parties have engaged in heated debates on television, with measures to combat rising prices becoming the biggest point of contention. The ruling party advocates for subsidies, while opposition parties are calling for tax cuts. According to the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" on July 4, in the morning of that day, Liberal Democratic Party President and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited a farm produce sales store in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, and held a discussion with practitioners. In response to the issue of rising rice prices, Ishiba stated that the key word is "increasing production." He also expressed his willingness to reform the structure of Japanese agriculture.