Ruling bloc loses majority, DPJ becomes top party in Tokyo assembly

Ruling bloc loses majority, DPJ becomes top party in Tokyo assembly

TOKYO, Japan - At Liberal Democratic Party headquarter in Tokyo on July 12, Nobuteru Ishihara (L), an LDP lower house member and leader of the party's Tokyo chapter, and two LDP officials watch live TV broadcasting of vote counting of the election of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly where they lost its majority.

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