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Several of Japan’s ruling and opposition parties were shocked by former Deputy Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa’s defeat of former House of Councillors member Kohei Otsuka in Sunday’s mayoral election in Nagoya, raising concerns that the public is becoming alienated from entrenched political parties.