The World - News from April 28, 1987

Conservative and centrist candidates won most of the mayoral contests in local Japanese elections, helping Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone rebound from recent political setbacks. The national newspaper Asahi reported that candidates backed jointly by Nakasone’s conservative Liberal Democrats and centrist parties won 89 of 131 mayoral posts. Nine candidates backed by reformists, who oppose Nakasone, also won. Candidates affiliated with other opposition and conservative groups took 32 posts.