Hyogo Gov. to rerun despite losing job following no-confidence motion

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito vowed to seek reelection Thursday despite accepting the automatic loss of his position following the prefectural assembly's unanimous adoption of a no-confidence motion against him over abuse of power accusations.Saito was given 10 days to decide whether to dissolve the assembly or offer his resignation as the governor of the western Japan prefecture, of which Kobe is the capital, in the wake of the passage of the motion on Sept. 19.Failure to do either would see him automatically lose his job, and this will be effective Monday."There was a lack of effort on my par…READ FULL ARTICLE