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Nov 16, 2021 Local News
Mayor Takashima Appointed To Japan’s Digitalization Research Committee
Fukuoka City Mayor, Soichiro Takashima, became the only local-government leader to join Japan’s provisional commission for digital transformation. The recently established commissi...
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May 11, 2021 Local News
Lower Than Average Percentage of Female Assembly Members in Kyushu
The percentage of female local assembly members in the Kyushu-Okinawa region remains lower than the national average. According to a report by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...
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Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Skull Leaper Eiji, Oita City Assembly Member To Fight for His Rights
Skull Leaper Eiji, an Oita City assembly member, and masked wrestler, is protesting against the city assembly for refusing him to appear on...
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Apr 13, 2021 Local News
Seitaro Hattori Elected As Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
Voting for Fukuoka Prefecture's gubernatorial election took place on April 11, resulting in Seitaro Hattori's victory. The Kitakyushu-native politician had served as the Vice Gover...
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Apr 1, 2021 Local News
Manifest Summaries of Gubernatorial Candidates
The gubernatorial election campaign got underway in Fukuoka Prefecture last week ago. Below are summaries of each candidates’ manifestos. As always, these translations were made by...
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Mar 29, 2021 Local News
Election For Governor of Fukuoka Underway
Campaigning for the gubernatorial election of Fukuoka officially began on March 25. Mieko Hoshino (former member of Fukuoka City Assembly) and Seitaro Hattori (current Fukuoka Vice...
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Feb 26, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Gubernatorial Set for April 11
Fukuoka’s next gubernatorial election is scheduled for April 11. The election period will begin officially on Mar. 25, the day after the resignation of the present governor, Hirosh...
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Jan 22, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Ogawa Hospitalized
As a result of the hospitalization of Fukuoka Governor Hiroshi Ogawa, Vice Governor Hattori will take over the duties until Feb. 11. Governor Ogawa was admitted to Kyushu Universit...
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Dec 9, 2020 Local News
Takashima Reflects on 10th year as Fukuoka Mayor
On December 7, Soichiro Takashima celebrated his tenth year as mayor of Fukuoka City. In a recent interview, he said he felt the city regained energy in the time since he took over...
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Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Mayor Takashima Praises Prime Minister Abe for Policies that Benefited Fukuoka
On the evening of Aug. 28, the mayor of Fukuoka City, Soichiro Takashima, responded to the news of the resignation of the current Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. Referring to the fact ...