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A deal too many: Japan. (Saitama governorship elections)

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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 19920523
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Elections for governor in Japan's Saitama prefecture took an odd twist when popular socialist incumbent Yawara Hata announced he was stepping down. The ruling party had previously persuaded Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, a distinguished Diet member, to run for the office. Then Hata got back in the race. Tsuchiya called off his candidacy. Hata was then implicated in a corruption scheme.

THAT cynical old Florentine, Niccolo Machiavelli, would have enjoyed the past week's farce surrounding the election for governor of Saitama prefecture, due to be held on June 21st. Yawara Hata, a respected ...

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