The blurred poster is of an almost-naked young woman. On the day the campaign kicked off, Tokyo residents were surprised to spot images of a nearly naked woman on an official election board.

NAGATO, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Angered by an election poster, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s supporters threw their support behind the incumbent mayor here and led him to rout a candidate ...

A candidate backed by the ruling coalition parties and Tokyo ... elected mayor of Tokyo’s Koto Ward after the former mayor resigned while under investigation for suspected illegal election ...