Kakizawa decides to run for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa, after some twists, tells reporters Wednesday Feb. 17 he will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April. Leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to which Kakizawa belongs, had pressed him to give up to let former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi run on an LDP ticket.

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