TOKYO (July 4): Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to regain ground in local elections in Tokyo, exit polls showed on Sunday, as the capital prepares to host the Olympic Games whilst dealing with a resurgence of Covid-19. LDP is expected to win 25 to 43 seats of the assembly's 127 seats, after winning just 25 seats in the last election in 2017, public broadcaster NHK said. Koike's Tokyo Citizens First party wants the Olympics held without spectators and the Japanese Communist Party wants them cancelled. The Tokyo Olympics begin on July 23. She said the holding the Tokyo Olympics amid the pandemic and vaccine supply shortages were examples of the government's inadequate anti-coronavirus measures.

Source: The Edge Markets July 04, 2021 04:28 UTC