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Historic Japanese election ends in loss
Mon, Jul 30th 2007, 07:16Kanako Otsuji has lost her bid for a seat in parliament. She was the first openly LGBT candidate backed by a major party in Japan.
"I hope to continue until I see the day that we look back and say, 'This is a historic day in the history of sexual minorities,'" Otsuji told supporters. "We will remember this day because it is the day we grew stronger."
Read more at Reuters.
