Scandal-Hit Ex-Mayor Files Candidacy for Election in Central Japan
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)--Akira Ogawa, the former mayor of Maebashi who stepped down over controversial hotel visits with a married male municipal official, and four other people filled their candidacies on Monday for a mayoral election set for Jan. 12 in the city in Gunma Prefecture, central Japan. Ogawa, 43, has called for support from citizens to lead efforts again to ch...
