Japan Ruling Bloc Alarmed by Losses in Tokyo Assembly Election
Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--A sense of crisis spread inside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition ahead of a national election this summer following its lackluster showing in Sunday's election for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly. Officials at the Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Ishiba, blamed the party's record-low result on the fallout of a slush fund scandal invol...
Tomas Kauer - News Moderator 
Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--A sense of crisis spread inside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition ahead of a national election this summer following its lackluster showing in Sunday's election for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly. Officials at the Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Ishiba, blamed the party's record-low result on the fallout of a slush fund scandal invol...
