The Kyoto City mayoral election due to the expiration of the term of office will be announced on the 21st.
Due to the retirement of the incumbent, it is expected that this will be the first time in 16 years that the competition will be between newcomers.
Those who have announced their candidacy for the Kyoto mayoral election so far and have completed the preliminary procedures with the election management committee are all independent newcomers:
Masashi Ninoyu (44), former member of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly;
▽ Kazuto Fukuyama (62), former vice president of the Kyoto Bar Association, supported by the Communist Party
▽ Koji Matsui (63), former deputy chief cabinet secretary recommended by the Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party, Komeito, and Democratic Party of the People ▽
Former Kyoto City Assembly member Yoshie Murayama ( 45)
There are 4 people above.
This election is expected to be the first time in 16 years that new candidates will compete against each other due to the retirement of incumbents.
The election campaign
is expected to see debate over
issues such as support measures for education and childcare
, countermeasures against "overtourism," which causes various harms due to the concentration of tourists,
and efforts toward fiscal reconstruction .
Candidates for the Kyoto City mayoral election will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After a 14-day campaign, voting will take place on the 4th of next month, and the votes will be counted on the same day.