Naoto Kan, center, receives a bouquet of flowers from a supporter in the Tokyo suburban city of Musashino on Nov. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Yohei Koide)

       Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan defeated two candidates including a former subordinate in the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to secure a seat in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election.

       Kan, 75, of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, beat Akihisa Nagashima, 59, of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo No. 18 constituency, Kan's longtime stronghold.

       The de facto one-on-one race between the former DPJ lawmakers drew a great deal of attention, with a number of former Cabinet members staging heated campaigning for them day after day.

       (Mainichi)

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