Japan PM Abe stung by huge loss in Tokyo assembly vote

The vote came as Abe has been buffeted by a series of scandals and falling support ratings (AFP Photo/KAZUHIRO NOGI)
MoreTokyo (AFP) – A chastened Japanese Prime Minister vowed Monday to win back public support after his party suffered a historic drubbing in local elections that media chalked up to growing arrogance and analysts said threatened his continued hold on power.
The Sunday polls, in which Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost more than half its seats in the Tok