OSAKA — Toru Hashimoto scored a landslide victory Sunday in Osaka's gubernatorial election, which was seen as having national implications.
Hashimoto, 38, a lawyer and popular TV figure, was endorsed by the prefectural chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party and supported by New Komeito, the LDP's ruling coalition partner.
When he succeeds Fusae Ohta, Hashimoto will be the youngest of the nation's 47 governors and only the fourth in the postwar period to take office while in his 30s.