Reelected Hyogo governor denies violating election law in his campaign

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito on Wednesday denied growing accusations that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race that saw him reelected despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations.Saito reclaimed his position as governor of the western Japan prefecture in the Nov. 17 election but has come under renewed scrutiny following the firm's disclosure in a blog post on Nov. 20 that it was in charge of public relations operations for Saito's campaign in general.The blog post, written by the head of Hyogo-b…READ FULL ARTICLE