A Liberal Democratic Party local assembly member has drawn a backlash after tweeting that 80 percent of social media posts against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral came from China, prompting him to retract his claims on Thursday.Takatora Kobayashi, an LDP member of the Mie prefectural assembly in western Japan, did not give a reason for retracting the claims, which he earlier said are based on information from Sanae Takaichi, minister for economic security who is known for having been close to Abe.In a tweet on Tuesday, Kobayashi said, "There is an analysis showing 80 percen…READ FULL ARTICLE