Japan holds Perliament Upper House Election

Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), right, and Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the party, place a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name to indicate an upper house election victory at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Abe has secured a majority in Japan's upper house, according to an exit poll released by public broadcaster NHK, giving him a mandate to forge ahead with his economic-reform program. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images