Nearly 70 percent of executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's local chapters in Japan's 47 prefectures support stricter regulations on land purchases by foreign individuals or companies, a Kyodo News poll showed Saturday, ahead of the Oct. 4 party leadership election.The survey, conducted on Monday when the campaign for the LDP race kicked off, showed 32 of the 47 believe regulations on land purchases by foreign nationals or entities "should be strengthened."Among the five candidates in the leadership contest, former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi and former Economic Se…READ FULL ARTICLE
