5 file candidacies in by-election for lower house's Aichi district+
 

(Kyodo) _ Five candidates filed to run in a by-election for the House of Representatives Aichi No. 6 district on Tuesday, pitting a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker against a newcomer backed by a group led by the maverick Nagoya mayor.The by-election will be fought in the absence of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan at a time when Prime

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