THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 24, 2023 at 15:41 JST
Tokyo’s Kita Ward Mayor Yosota Hanakawa, left, campaigns with Mikio Osawa, former idol group Hikaru Genji member, in front of JR Oji Station in the capital’s Kita Ward on April 16 when election campaigning officially kicked off. (Kae Morishita)
The oldest incumbent mayor in Japan, Tokyo’s Kita Ward Mayor Yosota Hanakawa, has been ousted by a new challenger nearly four decades his junior. [Read More]
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