Japan ruling LDP most popular among voters in Feb. general election: poll

TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is the most favored option for voters heading into the Feb. 8 general election, taking a lead over a newly created major opposition party that aims to counter conservatives, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.

Asked which party they would vote for in the proportional representation part of the election, 29.2 percent chose the LDP, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The new Centrist Reform Alliance came second at 11.9 percent.