Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - 53-year-old former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru visits a Shinto shrine in Tokyo on March 24, 2011 ahead of submitting his candidacy in the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor with the local election board. Higashikokubaru is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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