{"id":139881,"date":"2021-04-01T12:42:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=139881&lang=en"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:42:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:42:50","slug":"manifest-summaries-of-gubernatorial-candidates","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/manifest-summaries-of-gubernatorial-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Manifest Summaries of Gubernatorial Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gubernatorial election campaign got underway in Fukuoka Prefecture last week ago. Below are summaries of each candidates\u2019 manifestos. As always, these translations were made by us, Fukuoka Now, and not official statements – provided here for your convenience. Early voting is accepted until April 9 inside the Fukuoka City Hall 1F lobby, or at <\/span>designated voting venues<\/span><\/a> in your residing Ward. Source: <\/b>News 24<\/a> \/ Nishinippon Shimbun<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mieko Hoshino (former member of Fukuoka City Assembly\/ Independent) <\/strong>
\nCore policies:
\n\u2022 Fight against COVID-19 with all political might to protect people\u2019s lives.
\n\u2022 Promote gender equality.
\n\u2022 Implement change towards an administration with a higher level of social security.<\/p>\n

Anti-coronavirus measures:
\n\u2022 Expand the targets of free COVID-19 screenings (residents of elderly care homes and medical facilities.)
\n\u2022 Expand the scale of COVID-19 random screenings (\u2018PCR monitoring\u2019) ten times the current scale.
\n\u2022 Financially aid medical institutions that experienced income decline.
\n\u2022 Hire more staff at health centers and open new offices.
\n\u2022 Protest against cuts in the number of hospital beds and hospital mergers.<\/p>\n

Economy and employment:
\n\u2022 Upgrade support programs for restaurant businesses and mid and small-sized companies.
\n\u2022 Actively collaborate with local mid and small-sized companies in developing useful public services.
\n\u2022 Introduce financial programs to support home renovation and remodeling.
\n\u2022 Widely expand the use of renewable energy.
\n\u2022 Stand against the resumption of nuclear power plants.
\n\u2022 Boost financial aid for those who get jobs in agriculture.
\n\u2022 Introduce wage ordinance for public projects.
\n\u2022 Enhance financial aid for cultural and art activities.
\n\u2022 Improve working conditions of nursery and elderly-care workers.<\/p>\n

Child rearing and education:
\n\u2022 Provide free medical treatments to residents of 18 years old and under.
\n\u2022 Facilitate openings of more licensed nurseries (\u2018ninka hoikuen.\u2019)
\n\u2022 Strengthen supports for single-parent households.
\n\u2022 Increase the number of school teachers and classrooms to introduce a smaller-class system as early as possible.
\n\u2022 Create a new scholarship program that does not have to be repaid.<\/p>\n

Welfare:
\n\u2022 Lower the premium for national health insurance and more.
\n\u2022 Support development of special nursing homes for the elderly.
\n\u2022 Reduce financial burden upon using long-term care insurance.<\/p>\n

Public projects:
\n\u2022 Suspend the construction of Shimonoseki Kitakyushu Road and other large-scale projects.<\/p>\n

Others:
\n\u2022 Increase the rate of female managers in the prefectural government to 30% as the first step.
\n\u2022 Make an ordinance to eliminate gender discrimination and foster mutual respects.<\/p>\n

Seitaro Hattori (current Fukuoka Vice Governor\/ Independent) <\/strong>
\nCore policies:
\n\u2022 Realize a society in which people can \u201cwork,\u201d \u201clive\u201d and \u201crear\u201d in their familiar environments.
\n\u2022 Educate human resources to lead the next generation.
\n\u2022 Promote measures to combat infectious diseases common to humans and animals.”One Health”.<\/p>\n

Anti-coronavirus measures:
\n\u2022 Increase the number of hospital beds for the virus treatment.
\n\u2022 Work closely with local municipalities to smoothly provide vaccinations.
\n\u2022 Support introductions of additional medical equipment and screening devices.
\n\u2022 Accelerate development of COVID-19 medical drugs in collaboration with medical startups.
\n\u2022 Boost the number of public health nurses.<\/p>\n

Economy and employment:
\n\u2022 Support mid and small-sized companies to introduce business innovations and expand sales channels.
\n\u2022 Boost consumption of prefectural products through e-commerce events.
\n\u2022 Issue premium coupons.
\n\u2022 Subsidize establishments of new businesses in the fields of bio-tech, space and more.
\n\u2022 Make the region suitable for accepting new residents and businesses.
\n\u2022 Actively invite international financial functions.
\n\u2022 Promote the use of offshore wind power and become a key region of such a business.
\n\u2022 Back up branding and digitalization in the field of agriculture.<\/p>\n

Child rearing and education:
\n\u2022 Support and encourage qualified nursery teachers to go back to work in classrooms.
\n\u2022 Increase the number of licensed child welfare social workers and child psychologists to prevent child abuse.
\n\u2022 Strengthen supports for single-parent households.
\n\u2022 Reinforce counsel systems for students and pupils.
\n\u2022 Accelerate provisions of ICT environments at prefectural schools.<\/p>\n

Welfare:
\n\u2022 Discover job demands for aged residents to achieve \u2018a society where people stay active in the workplace at 70 years old.\u2019
\n\u2022 Support balancing work and eldercare and prevent retirements of family caregivers.
\n\u2022 Public projects:
\n\u2022 Back up runway extension project for Kitakyushu Airport.
\n\u2022 Accelerate development of Shimonoseki Kitakyushu Road.<\/p>\n

Others:
\n\u2022 Promote the flood control project to reduce natural disasters.
\n\u2022 Call for decentralization and promote fiscal, administrative and political reforms.<\/p>\n

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