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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Naha mayor to seek governorship

NAHA, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, asks Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Okinawa's capital Naha, to run in the November gubernatorial election on Aug. 4, 2014, in Naha. Onaga, who opposes the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base within Okinawa, expressed his readiness to run.

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election.

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Opposition-backed Sato wins Fukushima governorship

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Opposition-backed former House of Councillors member Yuhei Sato waves in Fukushima on Nov. 12 to supporters after winning the gubernatorial election in Fukushima Prefecture, following the resignation and the arrest of the former governor over a bid-rigging and payoff scandal.

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Ex-bureaucrat wins Niigata governorship election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohiko Izumida (C) and his supporters celebrate Izumi's victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election at his election campaign office in Niigata on Oct. 17. Izumida, a former Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrat backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito, becomes the youngest governor in Japan at 42.

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(2)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Higuchi, a social critic who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial elections, speaks at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. She is backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party

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(1)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, who seeks his second four-year term, speaks in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. He is backed by the Liberal Democratic Party.

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(4)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Eligible voters listen to a speech by a candidate for the Tokyo gubernatorial election at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures.

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(3)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Wakabayashi, who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial elections with the backing of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures.

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Columnist Hanaoka abandons bid for Nagano governorship

NAGANO, Japan - Former Sankei Shimbun editorial writer Nobuaki Hanaoka (L) shakes hands with lawyer Keiko Hasegawa at the Nagano prefectural government head office in the city of Nagano on Aug. 14 after his announcement to retreat from the Nagano gubernatorial election. Hanaoka, who had earlier this month announced his intention to run in the Sept. 1 election, said he will give full support to Hasegawa to run against former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka.

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Ex-mayor with no party backing wins Tochigi governorship

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akio Fukuda, 52, holds a bouquet of flowers late Nov. 19 at his campaign headquarters in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after winning the prefecture's gubernatorial election by a slim margin. Fukuda, a former mayor, ran without the support of any political party.

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Campaigns for 12 gubernatorial elections begin

Campaigns for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo, Osaka and 10 other prefectures begin March 25. The elections will be held on April 11. The photo shows people listening to a speech by one of 19 candidates for the Tokyo governorship at Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku.

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Ishihara joins Tokyo governorship race

Novelist and former Transport Minister Shintaro Ishihara fields questions after announcing his candidacy in the April 11 Tokyo gubernatorial election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 10.

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Opposition-backed Sato wins Fukushima governorship

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Opposition-backed former House of Councillors member Yuhei Sato waves in Fukushima on Nov. 12 to supporters after winning the gubernatorial election in Fukushima Prefecture, following the resignation and the arrest of the former governor over a bid-rigging and payoff scandal. (Kyodo)

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election. (Kyodo)

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(3)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Wakabayashi, who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial elections with the backing of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Ex-bureaucrat wins Niigata governorship election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohiko Izumida (C) and his supporters celebrate Izumi's victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election at his election campaign office in Niigata on Oct. 17. Izumida, a former Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrat backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito, becomes the youngest governor in Japan at 42. (Kyodo)

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(1)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, who seeks his second four-year term, speaks in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. He is backed by the Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Former GAM rebel leader wins Aceh governorship

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Irwandi Yusuf, former leader of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement, better known by its acronym GAM, speaks in an interview in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh Province, on Dec. 13. The Aceh Independent Election Commission announced on Dec. 29 that Irwandi Yusuf won a landmark gubernatorial election in the province. (Kyodo)

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Naha mayor to seek governorship

NAHA, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, asks Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Okinawa's capital Naha, to run in the November gubernatorial election on Aug. 4, 2014, in Naha. Onaga, who opposes the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base within Okinawa, expressed his readiness to run. (Kyodo)

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(4)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Eligible voters listen to a speech by a candidate for the Tokyo gubernatorial election at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. (Kyodo)

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(2)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Higuchi, a social critic who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial elections, speaks at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures. She is backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party (Kyodo)

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Columnist Hanaoka abandons bid for Nagano governorship

NAGANO, Japan - Former Sankei Shimbun editorial writer Nobuaki Hanaoka (L) shakes hands with lawyer Keiko Hasegawa at the Nagano prefectural government head office in the city of Nagano on Aug. 14 after his announcement to retreat from the Nagano gubernatorial election. Hanaoka, who had earlier this month announced his intention to run in the Sept. 1 election, said he will give full support to Hasegawa to run against former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Ex-mayor with no party backing wins Tochigi governorship+

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akio Fukuda, 52, holds a bouquet of flowers late Nov. 19 at his campaign headquarters in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after winning the prefecture's gubernatorial election by a slim margin. Fukuda, a former mayor, ran without the support of any political party.

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Campaigns for 12 gubernatorial elections begin

Campaigns for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo, Osaka and 10 other prefectures begin March 25. The elections will be held on April 11. The photo shows people listening to a speech by one of 19 candidates for the Tokyo governorship at Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku.

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Ishihara joins Tokyo governorship race

Novelist and former Transport Minister Shintaro Ishihara fields questions after announcing his candidacy in the April 11 Tokyo gubernatorial election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 10. ==Kyodo