A gubernatorial election was held on 3 April 2010 to elect the next governor of , a
prefecture
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of
Japan
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located in the
Chūbu region
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of
Honshu island..
Candidates
*
Masanori Tanimoto
is a Japanese politician who was the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4 ...
, 64, incumbent since 1994, endorsed by
SDP,
Komeito,
LDP,
DPJ.
*Yutaka Kuwabara, 64, former
DPJ lawmaker.
*Yoshinobu Kimura, 58, endorsed by
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.
*Teruo Yonemura, 70.
Source:
Results
References
2010 elections in Japan
Ishikawa gubernatorial elections
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