The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is running close behind Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike’s fledgling party in the race to be the leading party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the July 2 election, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday. In the telephone survey conducted in the capital…
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is running close behind Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike’s fledgling party in the race to be the leading party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the July 2 election, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.
In the telephone survey conducted in the capital over the weekend, 26.7% of respondents said they plan to vote for Koike’s Tomin First no Kai (Tokyo Citizens First party) while 25.9% said they support the LDP. Some 57.2% said they have not decided yet.
Recent polls have showed a plunge in popular support for the cabinet headed by LDP leader, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, due to the ruling parties’ steamrolling of a controversial «conspiracy» law, as well as allegations of favoritism against him in relation to a veterinary school construction project.
