(1)Five candidates vie for Nagano governor post

(1)Five candidates vie for Nagano governor post

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (upper L), ousted from office by the prefectural assembly in July, and four challengers filed their candidacies on Aug. 15 to run in the Sept. 1 gubernatorial election. Tanaka's four opponents are Shu Ichikawa (upper C), Chozo Nakagawa (upper R), Keiko Hasegawa (lower L) and Hideyoshi Hashiba (lower R). They all run as independents.

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