'Korean' bureau chief to run for JPN upper house

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S. Korea paper's Japan bureau chief to run in upper house poll
Kyodo / Monday February 2, 4:10 PM
A 45-year-old man who heads the Japan bureau of the South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo said Monday he will run in the House of Councillors election in July as a candidate from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
Shinkun Haku is an ethnic Korean who was born and grew up in Japan, and naturalized as a Japanese citizen in January last year. He went by the Korean name Baek Jin Hoon before being naturalized.