<sod >TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party is scrambling to control damage from an embarrassing defeat in Tokyo's city assembly elections, but experts say the stunning results could mean the beginning of the end to Abe's long reign.< eod>< sod > TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-laden ruling party scrambled Monday to control damage from an embarrassing defeat in Tokyo municipal elections, but experts said the stunning result could mean the beginning of the end to Abe's long reign.< eod>