Staff writers
Unlike the days when representing the people as a Diet member was considered the prestigious road to success, some politicians today are leaning toward local administration, hoping to improve their careers and achieve their policy ideals.
Amid growing calls for decentralization of power and the lingering political turmoil in Nagata-cho, the nation's political center, some Diet members have started warming to governorships.
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