The Kumamoto prefecture gubernatorial election will be announced on the 7th due to the expiration of the term of office.
Four new candidates are scheduled to run, including a former vice governor of Kumamoto Prefecture who is recommended by the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito Party, and a former Kumamoto mayor who is voluntarily supported by the local organizations of the four opposition parties.
All candidates who have announced their candidacy in the Kumamoto Prefecture gubernatorial election due to the expiration of their terms of office so far are independent newcomers
▼ Takashi Kimura (49), former Kumamoto prefecture vice governor recommended by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
▼ Former Kumamoto mayor Mr. Masafumi Koyama (58)
, former high school teacher Mr. Kazuhiko Miyagawa (58)
, and Mr. Hidenori Mori (46), president of a construction company.
The current Kumamoto Prefecture gubernatorial election will be a contest between newcomers for the first time in 16 years, as the incumbent Governor Ikuo Kabashima is retiring after four terms.
▼While the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito have recommended Mr. Kimura, former vice governor of Kumamoto Prefecture,
▼Local organizations of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party, Democratic Party of the People, and Social Democratic Party have voluntarily supported Mr. Koyama, the former mayor of Kumamoto. .
The election campaign is expected to be fought over issues
such
as efforts to secure human resources and infrastructure development following the expansion of Taiwan's semiconductor giant TSMC
, methods of recovery and reconstruction from the Kumamoto earthquake and heavy rain disasters,
and measures to support education and child-rearing. is.
Voting will take place on the 24th of this month, and votes will be counted on the same day.