He was runner-up to the recent incumbent, Naoki Inose, who won in December 2012 but who resigned recently, after accepting money from a hospital chain. Mr Utsunomiya ran in 2012 as an anti-nuclear power candidate with the backing of three parties including the Social Democratic Party and the Japanese Communists. 'I want to change national politics from Tokyo,' he said. Source: Global Post
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