Tokyo, June 22, 2025 (AFP) - Tokyo votes in local election seen as key test for ruling party

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Voting kicked off Sunday for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, a poll seen as a key barometer of public sentiment towards the central government, which has been struggling with low approval ratings. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party -- its popularity battered by surging inflation and high rice prices -- hopes to retain its position as the largest party in the mega-city's legislature. "We will do everything... to get everyone......

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