Yoshinobu Ishikawa

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Yoshinobu Ishikawa

Yoshinobu Ishikawa ( Japanese 石川 嘉 延 , Ishikawa Yoshinobu ; born November 24, 1940 in Sazuka , Ogasa-gun (today: Kakegawa ), Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician and former governor of Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Ishikawa graduated from the Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1964 . He then became an officer in the Interior Ministry . In 1993 he left the ministry and successfully ran for the successor to the resigned governor Saitō Shigeyoshi for health reasons . He was re-elected three times thereafter.

As governor, Ishikawa campaigned for JR Tōkai for better rail links between the prefecture and the Kantō region and for major infrastructure projects. He advocated the construction of the new Shizuoka airport (opening: July 4, 2009), but also wanted to conduct a referendum, which was rejected by the LDP majority in the prefectural parliament. He also campaigned for the construction of a new highway between Tokyo and Nagoya to relieve the existing Tōmei highway, but the plan was discarded by Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi in 2001 .

In 2002, Ishikawa received nationwide attention after receiving threatening letters containing rifle cartridges from opponents of the establishment of a national registry. Similar letters had also been sent to Prime Minister Koizumi and other governors and mayors.

In March 2009, Ishikawa announced that he would resign if Shizuoka Airport was delayed. The opening had to be postponed by three months to June 2009 after it had been discovered that, contrary to earlier assumptions, nearby trees would have to be felled due to the safety regulations of the Aviation Act. After re-examination, which confirmed the delay, he submitted his resignation to the President of the Prefectural Parliament on May 19, 2009. He remained in office until June 17, 2009. In the gubernatorial election on July 5, 2009, Heita Kawakatsu was elected as his successor.

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  1. ↑ Japan Times, September 13, 2001: Shizuoka rejects plebiscite on new airport (accessed May 2, 2008)
  2. ↑ Japan Times, August 3, 2002: Kokubunji snubs state resident registry (accessed May 2, 2008)
  3. ↑ Shizuoka governor to step down. In: The Japan Times . March 26, 2009, accessed June 14, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Shizuoka gov. steps down over airport, honors pledge. (No longer available online.) In: The Daily Yomiuri . May 20, 2009, archived from the original on May 21, 2009 ; accessed on June 14, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yomiuri.co.jp
personal data
SURNAME Ishikawa, Yoshinobu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 石川 嘉 延 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Sazuka , Ogasa-gun (Shizuoka) , Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan