LDP likely to be largest force in Tokyo assembly election: Kyodo poll

The Liberal Democratic Party is likely to become the largest force in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election next month, seen as a prelude to a lower house election to be held this fall, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.Currently, the biggest force is Tomin First no Kai, or the Tokyoites First party, founded by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. Whether the LDP along with the Komeito party can prevail over Tomin First is the focus of the July 4 election.According to a three-day telephone survey conducted from Friday on about 1,000 voters in the Japanese capital, 31.8 percent said they have decided t…READ FULL ARTICLE