Ex-mayor with no party backing wins Tochigi governorship

Ex-mayor with no party backing wins Tochigi governorship

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akio Fukuda, 52, holds a bouquet of flowers late Nov. 19 at his campaign headquarters in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after winning the prefecture's gubernatorial election by a slim margin. Fukuda, a former mayor, ran without the support of any political party.

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