SHIZUOKA Yasutomo Suzuki, a former mayor of Hamamatsu, won the Shizuoka gubernatorial race on May 26, dealing another setback for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Yasutomo Suzuki s victory comes as a further blow to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after opposition-backed candidates won all three by-elections last month.
The opposition-backed former mayor of Hamamatsu won Sunday's Shizuoka gubernatorial election, dealing a blow Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling party. Yasutomo Suzuki beat Shinichi Omura, who was endorsed by Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party, and other candidates. Another focal point of the close contest has been a new governor's policy on…