Voters were electing senators in rural Fukushima and Okinawa as well as mayors and assembly members in most of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Nagasaki, where the son-in-law of slain mayor Iccho Ito ran in his place.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/japans-elections-to-test-abes-leadership/20073422-8w9.html
More on the Nagasaki Mob-hit here
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17616
