Shinjiro Koizumi

       Former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 40, is certain to win a seat in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election, defeating a newcomer in the Kanagawa No. 11 constituency.

       Koizumi, the son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, beat Nobuaki Hayashi, 55, of the Japanese Communist Party to secure his fifth victory in a general election.

       (Mainichi)

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