Shinji Yoshida of the Liberal Democratic Party is leading the field for this Sunday's House of Representatives by-election in Yamaguchi Constituency No. 4, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun's analysis of its reportage and a telephone survey.
The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted the survey from Thursday to Saturday using random digit dialing and obtained answers from 2,755 people.
The remaining four by-elections to be held Sunday for the lower house seats in the Chiba No. 5, Wakayama No. 1 and Yamaguchi No. 2 constituencies and the upper house seat in the Oita constituency are all closely contested.
