Votes will be counted on the 21st in the contested Tokyo Meguro Ward mayoral election, with four entrants challenging the sixth term seeker. Street talks in front of stations get heated, and there are even cases where people say that this isn’t really Meguro Ward.
The night of the 17th. The candidate was holding a microphone in front of Ookayama Station, where the Tokyu Meguro Line and the Oimachi Line intersect. A group of young men look at each other and ask, “Are we in Meguro Ward?”‘
This is Ota Ward. However, if you walk 30 meters, you will reach Meguro Ward. A residential area spreads out ahead, and many Meguro residents use the station. One of them, a 58-year-old company executive, said, “There are a lot of people giving speeches around here.” Ookayama is a place name in Meguro Ward. There are 1-chome and 2-chome.
On the day of the announcement on the 14th, both camps held street actions in front of the station in Shinagawa Ward, which is near the ward border. One is in front of Tokyu Musashi-Koyama Station, famous for the “longest shopping arcade in Tokyo,” and the other is in front of JR Meguro Station. “There is no Meguro Station in Meguro.”
According to the regional electoral administration, there are no provisions in the Public Offices Election Act that regulate electoral activities outside electoral districts. On this day, one candidate used the phrase “This is Shinagawa Ward” as the beginning of his speech, drawing laughter from the audience. “Meguro is lagging behind in several measures compared to neighboring wards.
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Candidates for Meguro Ward mayoral election (from left) Yu Ito, Eiji Aoki, Yoko Kono, Takayuki Takishita, and Sho Nishizaki = application order
In the election of the Mayor of Meguro Ward, the two independents, former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Yu Ito (47), recommended by the People’s Democratic Party and the Tokyo Citizens Association, Eiji Aoki (69) , and former Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member Yoko Kono ( 61). the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party. This is a battle between five, the biggest ever.
The subject is an assessment of the current administration of the wards, who have served five terms for 20 years. High-profile politicians are coming out to support him one after another. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attended rallies and other events in conjunction with the activities of the Tokyo Citizens Association, to which she is a special adviser, and Digital Minister Taro Kono gave a street speech as a Party-backed candidate Liberal Democrat. . Renho, who was a member of the House of Councilors from the Ritsumeikan Democratic Party, also went around appealing for support for the party’s proposed candidate, who was a former secretary.
The average turnout for the five Meguro Ward mayoral elections was 29%. Voter turnout may increase due to the strong competition, but because the votes are scattered and none of the candidates reach the legal number of votes (one fourth of the total number of valid votes ), there are concerns that “a re-election may be necessary.” There are whispers among those involved. (Masaki Nakamura)
MeguroOne of the newly created wards in 1932 when Tokyo City expanded from 15 wards to 35 wards. After the war, the area did not change even after it became the 23rd ward. According to Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics as of January 2022, it has a population of about 280,000 people (15th among the 23 wards) and an area of about 15 square kilometers (16th among the 23 wards). The population continues to grow, and the ward predicts it will peak at around 310,000 in 2050. During the Edo period, it was the shogun’s hunting ground for falcons , and it was the setting of the classic rakugo story “Meguro no Sanma.” The nearest station to the ward office is Tokyu/Tokyo Metro Nakameguro Station.
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2024-04-19 21:00:00
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