{"id":180815,"date":"2026-11-05T15:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180815&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:24:07","slug":"fukuoka-mayoral-candidates-set-out-contrasting-foreign-resident-policies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-mayoral-candidates-set-out-contrasting-foreign-resident-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka mayoral candidates set out contrasting foreign-resident policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka\u2019s mayoral campaign opened on Nov. 1 with a record 13 candidates, whose opening speeches included sharply different positions on foreign residents. Japanese Conservative Party candidate Kentaro Mori proposed ending public assistance for foreign nationals and restricting enhanced child-rearing support to Japanese citizens. Sanseito-endorsed independent Keiko Yoshitomi called for stricter adherence to everyday rules, investigations into local conditions, and national limits on accepting foreign residents. Japanese Communist Party-supported independent Sumiko Katayama opposed discrimination and exclusion, emphasizing that foreign nationals are fellow residents. All 13 candidates are newcomers. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261102de69367\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2026110232671\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/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\/11\/fnn_election-in-fukuoka-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_election-in-fukuoka-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_election-in-fukuoka-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_election-in-fukuoka-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_election-in-fukuoka-city_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\u2019s mayoral campaign opened on Nov. 1 with a record 13 candidates, whose opening speeches included sharply different positions on foreign residents. Japanese Conservative Party candidate Kentaro Mori&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180815","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\/180815","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=180815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}