{"id":167286,"date":"2024-11-27T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167286&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T01:00:27","slug":"governor-seitaro-hattori-re-election-bid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/governor-seitaro-hattori-re-election-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori Announces Re-Election Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori announced on November 26 his candidacy for re-election in the March 2025 gubernatorial race. Running as an independent, Hattori emphasized ongoing progress in industrial promotion and development, pledging to continue efforts toward a prosperous Fukuoka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elected in 2021, Hattori has previously served as Deputy Governor and held various key roles in the prefectural government since 1977. He seeks cross-party support for his re-election campaign. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241126\/5010026314.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_governer-hattori-election_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C790&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori Announces Re-Election Bid\" width=\"1400\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_governer-hattori-election_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_governer-hattori-election_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_governer-hattori-election_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_governer-hattori-election_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori announced on November 26 his candidacy for re-election in the March 2025 gubernatorial race&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167286","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}