TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to win any of the three parliamentary by-elections held Sunday, a loss that weakens Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's standing in the party ahead of a general election later this year.
The races in Hiroshima, Nagano and Hokkaido were the first national elections since Suga became prime minister last September, and the first opportunity for voters to render judgment on his handling of the coronavirus.
