Election Results: Ishihara Wins, The Great Sasuke Loses
N-H-K TV news is reporting that Shintaro Ishihara has been re-elected to another term as governor of Tokyo. Those of you who dislike ol’ “blinky” will have to put up with him for a few more years…
Vote Tallies:
| Shintaro Ishihara | 2,811,486 | 51.1% |
| Shiro Asano | 1,693,323 | 30.8% |
| Manzo Yoshida | 629,549 | 11.4% |
| Kisho Kurokawa | 159,126 | 2.9% |
| Doctor Nakamatsu | 85,946 | 1.6% |
| Koichi Toyama | 15,059 | 0.3% |
Also reported by N-H-K: In a great loss to the people of Iwate Prefecture, pro-wrestler and assemblyman The Great Sasuke will not be the next governor of that prefecture.
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