TOKYO (Reuters) - Pressure appeared to be rising on Monday for ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa to quit ahead of an election, after a poll showed a majority of Japan's voters think he should go if a former aide is charged in a funding scandal.
Ozawa's electioneering skills have been thought vital to the Democratic Party's chances of winning the upper house poll expected in July, but he has come under fire after three current and former aides were arrested last month on suspicion of misreporting political donations.
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