About 68 percent of Tokyo residents are interested in metropolitan administration policies, the lowest percentage in the past decade, according to results of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government poll released Friday.
This represents a sharp fall from the 88 percent high in 1995, when comedian-turned lawmaker Yukio Aoshima was elected governor. Over the past two years the percentage has continued to decline.
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