PM Suga's ruling party vows to regroup after weak showing in Tokyo election

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party vowed Sunday to regroup ahead of a general election to be held by the fall after projections showed it failing to secure a majority of seats with its ally Komeito in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election."We have to examine where we fell short before heading into the House of Representatives election," Taimei Yamaguchi, the LDP's election strategy chief, told reporters. "We take this result seriously and will use it as fuel for the next time."The LDP, led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and its junior coalition partner Komeito had sought to wrest…READ FULL ARTICLE