New Hiroshima mayor Akiba starts tenure

New Hiroshima mayor Akiba starts tenure

Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) lower house member Tadatoshi Akiba goes into the Hiroshima city hall to start his term in office Feb. 23. Akiba, 56, was elected Hiroshima mayor Jan. 31, running as an independent backed by some SDP city assembly members and labor groups. In January, Akiba gave up his seat in the House of Representatives he had held since 1990 to run in the mayoral election. ==Kyodo

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