Yokohama mayoral election, 2009
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Yokohama
held a mayoral
election on August 30, 2009. Fumiko Hayashi
, backed by the Democratic Party
, won the election.
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
held a mayoral
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
election on August 30, 2009. Fumiko Hayashi
Fumiko Hayashi (businessperson)
, is the mayor of the city of Yokohama, Japan. She is the first woman mayor of Yokohama. She is the former president of BMW Tokyo, and former vice chairperson of the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei. In 2006, Forbes named her the 39th most powerful woman in the world, the highest rank for a...
, backed by the Democratic Party
Democratic Party of Japan
The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
, won the election.