Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo, 40, son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito offers flowers at the site in Nagasaki where Ito was fatally shot April 17 after registering his candidacy in the April 22 mayoral election. Yokoo is the husband of Ito's eldest daughter and a reporter for the Nishinippon Shimbun, a local daily based in Fukuoka City.

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