-- Tokyo voted on Sunday to elect local parliamentary representatives. The ruling party won the race outright, by winning the every race. Prime Minister Abe is now enjoying a record high rate of approval rates in recent days thanks to stock market doing better than in the previous center-left DJP government. The nation will vote for the upper house election next month.
-- Massachusetts will vote on Tuesday to replace Secretary John Kerry who formally occupied the seat before becoming State Secretary. The voters choose either House Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) or Republican Gabriel Gomez for what they believe would be the most beneficial for their state.
-- President Obama is to announce his environmental policies on Tuesday.