Ex-Kanagawa governor to join Yoshimoto agency

Ex-Kanagawa governor to join Yoshimoto agency

TOKYO, Japan - Former Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa speaks in Tokyo on June 16, 2011, after deciding to join entertainment agency Yoshimoto Creative Agency Co. Matsuzawa served as a member of the Kanagawa Prefecture assembly and a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker in the House of Representatives before becoming governor of Kanagawa in 2003. (Kyodo)

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