This is the last in a series on issues related to the nationwide unified local elections ahead of the second round of voting on Sunday.
At a glance, the town of Kanna in southern Gunma Prefecture looks like just another beautiful rural community, surrounded by deep mountain forests stretching along the Kanna River, which is touted as having some of the clearest water in the Kanto region.
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