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Japan (Wakayama): Wakayama's first new governor in 16 years will be appointed today, in an election almost certain to result in a paradox: politicking centred around two local LDP (Conservative) power-brokers resulting in an opposition MP being elected governor.
Wakayama, infamous in some countries for whaling, has deeply 'traditional' politics. Former LDP secretary-general Toshihiro Nikai and former economy minister Hiroshige Seko both have their Diet seats in the prefecture and each has a large local political structure loyal to him.
It is thought that looming redistricting has pitted the two against each other - Nikai is 83 years old - and that local politics has become their battleground, especially when the increasingly weak-looking incumbent governor announced his decision to retire.
