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Politics › Ex-Miyazaki gov candidate drowns while swimming at beach

A former candidate in the Miyazaki gubernatorial election drowned at a swimming beach in Nakijin, Okinawa Prefecture, his employer said Thursday. Tetsuji Mochinaga, 48, died… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Aug 07 2008

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