Sōichi Aikawa

Soichi Aikawa (相 川 宗 一Aikawa Japanese Soichi; * September 13, 1942 ) is a Japanese politician and served from 2001 to 2009, the first mayor of the city of Saitama.

Aikawa studied at Keio University and graduated in 1965. Prior to 2001, the first mayor of Saitama was May, Aikawa was from October 1980 to April 1991 a member of parliament of Saitama Prefecture, and for 10 years, from March 1991 to April 2001, Mayor of the Urawa city.

On 24 May 2009 lost Aikawa, who had been supported by the LDP and the Kōmeitō, the mayoral election against the aided by the opposition Democratic Party Hayato Shimizu, who replaces him on May 27, 2009.

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