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2021 Yokohama Mayoral Election
A mayoral election was held on 22 August 2021 to elect the next Mayor of Yokohama. The central issue in the election was the building of an "integrated resort" IR featuring a casino. Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi (politician), Fumiko Hayashi lost reelection, placing third to the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, LDP supported Hachiro Okonogi and the eventual winner, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, CDP and Communist Party of Japan, JCP supported Takeharu Yamanaka. Candidates A total of 8 candidates registered candidacies for the election. Results References External linksInformation: Elections - City of Yokohama (Japanese) Mayoral elections in Japan August 2021 events in Japan 2021 elections in Japan, Yokohama {{Japan-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percentage Point
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the Difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points, but a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured. In literature, the unit is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'' or ''p.p.'' to avoid ambiguity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 percent'' when talking about smokers only - percentages indicate proportionate part of a total. Percentage-point differences are one way to ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayoral Elections In Japan
Mayoral may refer to: * Mayoral is an adjectival form of mayor * :es:Mayoral_(empresa), Mayoral, a Spanish Children's Fashion Company * Borja Mayoral (born 1997), Spanish footballer * César Mayoral (born 1947), Argentine diplomat * David Mayoral (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Jordi Mayoral (born 1973), Spanish sprinter * Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral (born 1969), Puerto Rican politician * Lila Mayoral Wirshing (1942-2003), First Lady of Puerto Rico * Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona See also * Mayor (other) * Mayor (surname) * Mayoral Academies, publicly funded charter schools in the state of Rhode Island * {{disambig, surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Japan)
The is a List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996, it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the . The party was refounded in January 1996 by the majority of legislators of the former Japan Socialist Party, which was largest opposition party in the 1955 System; however, most of the legislators joined the Democratic Party (Japan, 1996), Democratic Party of Japan after that. Five leftist legislators who did not join the SDP formed the New Socialist Party (Japan), New Socialist Party, which lost all its seats in the following elections. The SDP enjoyed a short period of government participation from 1993 to 1994 as part of the Hosokawa Cabinet and later formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party under 81st Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of the JSP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Democratic Party
) , newspaper = ''Rech'' , ideology = ConstitutionalismConstitutional monarchismLiberal democracyParliamentarism Political pluralismSocial liberalism , position = Centre to centre-left , international = , colours = Azure White , country = Russia The Constitutional Democratic Party (russian: Конституцио́нно-демократи́ческая па́ртия, translit=Konstitutsionno-demokraticheskaya partiya, K-D), also called Constitutional Democrats and formally the Party of People's Freedom (russian: links=no, Па́ртия Наро́дной Свобо́ды), was a centrist, liberal political party in the Russian Empire that promoted Western constitutional monarchy — among other policies — and attracted a base ranging from moderate conservatives to mild socialists. Party members were called Kadets (or Cadets) from the abbreviation K-D of the party name. Konstantin Kavelin's and Boris Chicherin's writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Kanagawa Prefecture
* Higashikuze Michitomi April–November 1868 * Terashima Munenori 1868–1869 * Mutsu Munemitsu 1871–1872 * Ōe Taku 1872–1874 * Nomura Yasushi 1876–1881 * Asada Tokunori (1st term) 1889–1891 * Utsumi Tadakatsu 1891–1893 * Asada Tokunori 2nd term 1898–1900 * Chūichi Ariyoshi 1915–1919 * Yasukouchi Asakichi 1922–1924 * Seino Chotarno 1924-1925 * Zenjirō Horikiri 1925–1926 * Ikeda Hiroshi 1926-1929 * Jiro Yamagata 1929–1931 * Sukenari Yokoyama 1932–1935 * Seiichi Ōmura 1938–1939 * Ichisho Inuma 1939–1940 * Mitsuma Matsumura 1940–1942 * Iwataro Uchiyama 1947-1967 * Bungo Tsuda 1967–1975 * Kazuji Nagasu 1975-1995 * Hiroshi Okazaki 1995-2003 * Shigefumi Matsuzawa 2003–2011 * Yuji Kuroiwa 2011–present {{Authority control Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama City University
is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign. YCU also has four campuses (Kanazawa-Hakkei, Fukuura, Maioka and Tsurumi) and two hospitals (YCU Hospital and YCU Medical Center). YCU is a member of the Port-City University League (PUL), and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA). In 2017, YCU has been ranked #16th among "world's best small universities" in 2016-2017 (Times Higher Education), ranked at 23rd among life sciences institutes in Japan (Nature Index 2016). History From Yokohama School of Commerce to Yokohama City University The predecessor of YCU, the , was founded in 1882, initially maintained by an association of local merchants. In 1888, the school was renamed , a five-year school for boys (ages 14–19 or above). In 1917, Yokohama Commercial School was municipalized and in 1921 it became a seven-year commercial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Japan)
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation, and 289 are elected from single-member constituencies. The overall voting system used to elect the House of Representatives is a parallel system, a form of semi-proportional representation. Under a parallel system the allocation of list seats does not take into account the outcome in the single seat constituencies. Therefore, the overall allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is not proportional, to the advantage of larger parties. In contrast, in bodies such as the German ''Bundestag'' or the New Zealand Parliament the election of single-seat members and party list members is linked, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineyuki Fukuda
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ..., he was elected to the city assembly of Yokohama for the first time in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Living people 1964 births Politicians from Yokohama Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Rikkyo University alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chairperson Of The National Public Safety Commission
The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the presiding officer of the National Public Safety Commission, which is the parent agency of the National Police Agency. The chairperson holds the rank of minister of state, and is a statutory member of the National Security Council. The chair is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The other five members of the commission must require the consent of both houses in the National Diet The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors (, ... in order to serve. The current Chairman is Satoshi Ninoyu, who took office in October 2021. References * {{Japan-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Nagano Prefecture
This is a list of governors of Nagano Prefecture: * Kaneyoshi Tachiki 1871–1873 * Hironao Narasaki 1873–1881 * Makoto Ono 1881–1884 * Seiichi Kinashi 1884–1889 *Utsumi Tadakatsu 1889–1891 *Asada Tokunori 1891–1896 * Chikaaki Takasaki 1896–1897 *Kan'ichi Gondo 1897–1898 *Isamu Sonoyama 1898–1899 *Norikichi Oshikawa 1899–1902 *Kiyohide Seki 1902–1905 *Tsunamasa Ōyama 1905–1911 *Teikan Chiba 1911–1913 *Ichiro Yoda 1913–1914 *Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1914–1915 *Tenta Akaboshi 1915–1921 *Tadahiko Okada 1921–1922 * Toshio Honma 1922–1924 * Mitsusada Umetani 1924–1926 *Morio Takahashi 1926–1927 *Ryo Chiba 1927–1929 *Shintarō Suzuki 1929–1931 *Kuraji Ishigaki 1931–1933 *Shōzō Okada 1933–1935 *Seiichi Ōmura 1935–1936 *Shunsuke Kondo 1936–1938 *Seiichi Ōmura January 11–December 23, 1938 *Kenji Tomita 1938–1940 *Minoru Suzuki 1940–1942 *Hakuji Nagayasu 1942–1943 *Yoshio Kōriyama 1943–1944 * Yasuo Ōtsubo 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Integrated Resort
An integrated resort (IR) is a major resort property that includes a hotel with a casino, together with convention facilities, entertainment shows, theme parks, luxury retail and fine dining. The term is largely Singaporean. Earlier IR licenses were awarded to Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa, which both began operations in early 2010, and were by 2013 the most profitable casinos in the world. Since then, the term has been adopted by the hospitality industry for global use. History In 1923, gambling was briefly legalized in the then-British colony of Singapore, but the experiment led to gambling addiction and increased crime, and gambling was criminalised again within three years. In the following decades, the operation of legal gambling in Singapore was limited to the government-run Singapore Pools for lotteries, and Singapore Turf Club for horse racing. However, during a parliament session on 18 April 2005, Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore, anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
