{"id":180227,"date":"2026-10-09T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180227&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:56:14","slug":"takashima-rules-out-naming-a-successor","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/takashima-rules-out-naming-a-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"Takashima rules out naming a successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima said on Oct. 8 that he did not intend to name a successor in November\u2019s mayoral election. He has already announced that he will not seek another term after serving four terms. He has not said whether he will support a particular candidate. Takashima said naming someone could leave voters seeing the winner as his choice rather than their own. He said residents should choose the leader whose vision best matches the city they want. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261008de56877\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASVB83CQDVB8TIPE001M.html\" target=\"_blank\">Asahi Shimbun<\/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\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-mayor-takashima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-mayor-takashima_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-mayor-takashima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-mayor-takashima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-mayor-takashima_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima said on Oct. 8 that he did not intend to name a successor in November\u2019s mayoral election. He has already announced that he will not seek another&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180227","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180227","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}