FOCUS: LDP's weakness in Tokyo vote clouds Suga's general election outlook

The Liberal Democratic Party's smaller-than-expected advance in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election amounts to a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his stance on the Summer Olympics and Paralympics, some analysts say.With voters keeping a close eye on how the COVID-19 situation develops in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23, the result clouds the outlook for Suga as he prepares to lead the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito into a general election slated for the fall."The result shows …READ FULL ARTICLE