Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi confirmed to contest election as an independent

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi has formally announced her intention to run as an independent in the city’s mayoral election on ...

Yokohama Port Association ramps up casino opposition as JPY780 billion redevelopment plan submitted

Yokohama LDP opts against backing anti-IR mayoral candidate Okonogi

by Shintaro Kamimura

14/07/2021

The Yokohama branch of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has decided against recommending former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, ...

Confusion grows over Mayor Hayashi’s plans as opposition confirms Yokohama election candidate

Hayashi preparing to run for fourth term in Yokohama mayoral election

by Shintaro Kamimura

08/07/2021

Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi has decided at 75 years of age to run for a fourth term as mayor of ...

LDP minister confirms intention to shelve Yokohama IR if elected mayor

by Shintaro Kamimura

28/06/2021

Hachiro Okonogi, the member of the House of Representatives who resigned as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission to ...

Confusion grows over Mayor Hayashi’s plans as opposition confirms Yokohama election candidate

by Shintaro Kamimura

17/06/2021

On 15 June, the Kanagawa chapter of the Constitutional Democratic Party announced its support for Professor Takeharu Yamanaka of the ...

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