The Koto Ward mayoral election will be a contest between five independent newcomers; votes will be counted on the 10th; “realization of clean ward administration” will be the issue: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

The mayoral election for Tokyo’s Koto Ward, following the resignation of former ward mayor Yayoi Kimura, was announced on the 3rd, and by the deadline of 5 p.m., five new and independent candidates had submitted their candidacy. Voting will be counted on the 10th. (Masanori Inoue)

Candidates were nominated in the order of notification.

▽Former Tokyo Metropolitan Manager Tomoka Okubo (52) = Recommended by Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, People’s Democratic Party, and Tokyo Citizens First Association
▽Former ward councilor Aya Sannohe (34)
▽Former National Tax Agency employee Takashi Ino (58)
▽Pediatrician Hiroyuki Kogure (44) = Recommended by Japan Restoration Society
▽Former Ward Councilor Natsumi Sakai (37) = Supporter of Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party, Reiwa Shinsengumi, Social Democratic Party, Tokyo Consumers Network

The election was held after former ward mayor Kimura, who was first elected in April’s mayoral election, resigned after his house was raided by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department on suspicion of violating the Public Elections Act by placing paid advertisements on the Internet during the election period. Accompany.

The ward has been plagued by a series of scandals involving local politicians, including corruption cases involving integrated resort facility (IR) projects, including casinos, and corruption cases related to cleaning management work ordered by the ward. Regarding the April ward mayor’s election, there has been talk of bribery allegations against locally elected member of the House of Representatives, Miyuki Kakizawa (52), and the “realization of clean ward administration” will be a major issue.