Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan ... Mori had effectively pushed Tanimoto out the door rallied behind Shuji Yamada, 67, a former Upper House member. Yamada belongs to the same LDP faction ...

Hase’s main rivals were Yukiyoshi Yamano, a 59-year-old former mayor of the Ishikawa prefectural capital of Kanazawa, and Shuji Yamada, a 67-year-old former Upper House member of the LDP.