party for japanese kokoro, people's life party. democratic party. the official campaign runs for 18 days. prime minister abe says that his ruling bloc aims to w win a majorityty of seats conontesteds time. that's 61 1 of the 121 seats up for grabs. >> nhk "newsline" will bring you extensive coverage in the leadup to the polls including results and analysis on election day. >>> in other news, north korea launched two missiles in the span of a few hours wednesday morning, both are believed to have been intermediate range ballistic missiles known as musudans. japan's defense ministry officials say one reached an altitude of more than 1,000 kilometers. the launches took place in the country's east. officials say the first one appears to have broken up in the air and fell around the coast. they say the other flew 400 kilometers northeast before falling into the sea of japan. a missile expert says the north may have chosen a higher trajectory to reduce the horizontal distance. a former vice admiral of japan's maritime self-defense force says leaders in py

the party for japanese kokoro vows to create a new constitution to reflect what it calls japan's character. the new renaissance party said it will implement an economic policy that focuses on households to reinforce abenomics. >>> the first representative of north korea is going to the meeting in four years. the deputy director didn't speak to media upon arriving at a beijing airport. hui is attending the three-day conference that starts on tuesday. the meeting brings together officials and private researchers from members of the six party talks on north korea's nuclear program. she's expected to defend the north korea's north's nuclear program by referring to its policy of pursuing nuclear and economic development. the korean workers' party congress approved the policy in may. negotiators fo the six party talks last met in december 2008. the parties are japan, the united states, china, russia, and north and south korea. officials from u.s., japan, and south korea are calling on p ii pyongyang to take steps toward denuclearzation. gene otani has more. >> for the second straight month they