{"id":169046,"date":"2025-02-21T13:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169046&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:02:45","slug":"lawyer-announces-candidacy-for-fukuoka-governor-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/lawyer-announces-candidacy-for-fukuoka-governor-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Kouichiro Yoshida Announces Candidacy for Fukuoka Governor Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kouichiro Yoshida, a 45-year-old lawyer from Fukuoka City, has announced his candidacy for the Fukuoka gubernatorial election scheduled for March. Running as an independent, Yoshida criticized incumbent Seitaro Hattori\u2019s policies, stating the need to offer voters an alternative. He emphasized raising the minimum wage to \u00a51,500 as a priority and expressed eagerness for policy debates before the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoshida, a graduate of a UK law school and Kyushu University Law School, currently belongs to the Daini Tokyo Bar Association. The election campaign begins on March 6, with voting and ballot counting set for March 23.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250219\/5010027196.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fukuokaprefecturebuilding.jpg?resize=768%2C576&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>Kouichiro Yoshida, a 45-year-old lawyer from Fukuoka City, has announced his candidacy for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":152204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169046","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\/169046","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=169046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}