Opposition candidate defeats LDP candidate in Fukushima Prefecture Koriyama mayoral election (Kyodo News)

The mayoral election in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, held due to the expiration of the current mayor's term, was held on the 20th, and independent candidate and former prefectural assembly member Takeo Shiine, who was supported by the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People, was elected for the first time, defeating former prefectural assembly members supported by the Liberal Democratic Party.