Japan PM Abe urges voters to help him end parliamentary deadlock
July 03, 2013 at 22:33 PM EDT
FUKUSHIMA, Japan, July 4 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, riding high in opinion polls on hopes he can revive a stagnant economy, urged voters on Thursday to back his ruling bloc in this month's upper house election and end a six-year policy deadlock.
