Daisaku Kadokawa
Daisaku Kadokawa ( Japanese 門 川 大作 , Kadokawa Daisaku ; born November 23, 1950 in Kyōto , Kyōto Prefecture ) is a Japanese local politician and the 26th mayor of the city of Kyoto.
After graduating from Horikawa City High School, Kadokawa worked for the Kyōto City Education Committee. While still working, he completed his studies at the law faculty of Ritsumeikan University . He then continued to work for the education committee, as chairman from 2001. From 2006 he was also active in the kyōiku saisei kaigi , an educational policy advisory body of the national Abe cabinet.
In 2007 he left the education committee and applied for the mayoral election in 2008 with the support of the major parties ( DP , LDP , Kōmeitō ) to succeed Yorikane Masumoto , who did not run after three terms. Kadokawa's main contestant was CPJ- backed lawyer Kazuo Nakamura; Kadokawa won by just under a thousand votes ahead of Nakamura. In 2012 he was confirmed against Nakamura as the only opposing candidate for another four years in office. One of the main themes of his second election campaign was nuclear power: in the nearby Fukui prefecture there are numerous nuclear power plants that supply the Kansai area; While Nakamura made a nuclear phase-out one of the main election campaign issues, Kadokawa advocates the gradual expansion of renewable energies, but during the election campaign he focused on other measures of his first term such as expanding the urban subway and promoting tourism.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Kyoto City: The Mayor (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric Johnston: Fukui nuclear plants key issue in Kyoto mayor race. In: The Japan Times . February 1, 2012, accessed February 5, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kadokawa, Daisaku |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 門 川 大作 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyoto , Kyoto Prefecture |