Tokyo: Japan went to polls on Sunday to elect about half of the seats of Parliament’s Upper House in which the Prime Minister’s ruling party hopes to re-validate its wide majority. Polling stations opened across most of the Japanese archipelago at 8 a.m. Sunday and will close at 8 p.m. A total of 370 candidates are contesting these elections where 124 seats will be up for grabs out of the 245 that make up the Upper House. (IANS)