Yokohama LDP opts against backing anti-IR mayoral candidate Okonogi

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

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 ...

Second International Behavioral Addiction Forum held in Yokohama city

A closer look at Yokohama’s mayoral election candidates

by Shintaro Kamimura

30/06/2021

The Yokohama mayoral election is set to be announced on 8 August with the votes being cast and counted on ...

Yokohama mayor says no change to IR bid schedule

LDP shock as minister in charge of casino regulator reveals plan to contest Yokohama mayoral election on anti-IR platform

by Shintaro Kamimura

21/06/2021

Yokohama city's IR bid is continuing to make waves in local politics, and there has been another unexpected twist in ...

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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