From left to right: Tamisuke Watanuki, leader of the People'

JAPAN - JULY 11: From left to right: Tamisuke Watanuki, leader of the People's New Party, Kazuo Shii, secretary general of the Communist Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan, Akihiro Ohta, representative of the New Komeito Party of Japan, Mizuho Fukushima, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, Yasuo Tanaka, leader of the New Party Nippon, pose after their debate for the upcoming elections for the upper house of parliament at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Shinzo Abe, who has led Japan for just 10 months, has less than three weeks to save his political career. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)