From: J Andrew Lipscomb <ewwa <at> CHATTANOOGA <dot> NET>
Date: 1 apr 2003
Subject: Re: Kunio Yonenaga Lifetime Kisei

Le Mardi, 1 avr 2003, à 00:06 America/Montreal, Chiaki Ito a écrit :

> my bet is that he will run for parliament soon.

Is that common, for retired shogi players (is there a single Japanese 
word that means "shogi player"?) to run for political office?