Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi set to win Diet seat

Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi set to win Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi (C), former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, is set to win a seat in the House of Representatives election Sept. 11, Kyodo News projects. Inoguchi, 53, a political science professor at Tokyo's Sophia University, is listed among LDP candidates in the proportional representation sector in the Tokyo block. (Kyodo)

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