TOKYO (Reuters) - Three quarters of Japanese voters think ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa should quit if a former aide is charged in a funding scandal, a poll showed on Monday, raising pressure on the master strategist ahead of an election.
Ozawa's electioneering skills had been thought vital to the 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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