Ex-Giants manager Horiuchi faces voters in upper house poll

Ex-Giants manager Horiuchi faces voters in upper house poll

KOFU, Japan - Tsuneo Horiuchi, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club, makes his first election campaign speech in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 24, 2010. He is running for a seat in the July 11 House of Councillors with its official campaigning getting under way the same day.

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