Ex-wrestler Inoki to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese wrestling star Antonio Inoki (R) and Shintaro Ishihara, co-head of the Japan Restoration Party, let out a morale-boosting shout during a press conference in Tokyo on June 5, 2013. Inoki, 70, formally announced that he will run in the upcoming upper house election for the opposition party, also led by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.

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