Yesterday besides the general election, there was a mayoral election of Yokohama (横浜) city, Kanagawa. Yokohama is the biggest ordinance-designated city of 3,670,000 citizens.
The previous 20th Yokohama city mayor Mr. Hiroshi Nakada (中田宏), 44 years old suddenly resigned his position on Aug. 17. The reason was to cut the election cost by having the mayoral election on the same date as the 45th general election. I am not sure how much they could save money, however they had a heavy poll of 65% that is about double of the last time.
The new mayor Ms. Fumiko Hayashi（林文子）, 63 years old was the former president of BMW Tokyo, and the former vice chairperson of the Japanese supermarket chain, Daiei (ダイエー). She became the first LADY mayor of Yokohama and the second LADY mayor of ordinance-designated city after Sendai (仙台). Her term is 4 years from yesterday to Aug. 29, 2013.
I hope she will fulfill her term.
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