Koichi Hagiuda, an executive with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who is running in the Tokyo No. 24 constituency in Sunday＊s general election, is seeking to fully emerge from the party＊s high-profile slush fund scandal with a victory in the poll.
When the official campaign period for the Lower House election kicked off on Jan. 27, Hagiuda addressed an enthusiastic crowd in front of Hachioji Station, receiving a rapturous applause from supporters after emphasizing his claim to being a ※self-made politician.§
Hagiuda was among the five leading figures of the now-defunct LDP faction once led by late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which was at the center of the scandal.
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