With the July 10 Upper House election just around the corner, politics is once again in the air as Diet members head back to their local constituencies to campaign and promote their party platforms.
In the process, they have to deal with local views on local, national and even international issues. Such attitudes are often shaped less by the national, Tokyo-based media and more by community or regional reporting.
What are Japan's major influential community and regional newspapers?
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