1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Tokyo 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election Tokyo presidential no 1995 Tokyo gubernatorial election 1995 2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election 2003 April 11, 1999 57.87% x150px Shintarō Ishihara 2003.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Shintarō Ishihara Independent 1,664,558 30.47% Kunio Hatoyama 200809.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Kunio Hatoyama Independent 851,130 15.58% Yoichi Masuzoe 2007 (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Yōichi Masuzoe Independent 836,104 15.30% Governor Yukio Aoshima Independent Shintarō Ishihara Independent The 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election were held on April 11, 1999 as part of the 14th unified local elections. Incumbent Yukio Aoshima announced that he would not seek re-election. All major candidates ran as independents but several were supported by major parties. The Liberal Democratic Party, led by Secretary General Yoshiro Mori, supported Yasushi Akashi as a compromise with coalition partner New Komeito, but local LDP legislators divided their support between candidates Ishihara, Masuzoe and Kakizawa. Author and former Diet member Shintaro Ishihara, who had previously come in second in the 1975 gubernatorial election against incumbent governor Ryokichi Minobe,Gary Allinson Allinson Gary D. Suburban Tokyo: A Comparative Study in Politics and Social Change 1979 University of California Press 185 9780520028425 https://books.google.com/books?id=Nc455-BeD80C&q=1975%20tokyo%20election&pg=PA185 won the election on a nationalist platform, saying that he would have the United States return Yokota Air Base to Japan and clarify its position on Japan's ownership of the Senkaku Islands. Akashi came in fourth, the poorest showing by an LDP-supported candidate in Tokyo history.Kristof Nicholas Nationalist Critical of U.S. Air Base Is Elected Governor of Tokyo https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/12/world/nationalist-critical-of-us-air-base-is-elected-governor-of-tokyo.html 8 January 2014 The New York Times 12 April 1999 Results Gubernatorial election 1999: Tokyo Independent Shintarō Ishihara 1,664,558 30.47% DPJ, TSN, Kaikaku Club Kunio Hatoyama 851,130 15.58% Independent Yōichi Masuzoe 836,104 15.30% LDP, NK Yasushi Akashi 690,308 12.63% JCP Mitsuru Mikami 661,881 12.11% Independent Kōji Kakizawa 632,054 11.57% Independent Yoshirō Nakamatsu 100,123 1.83% 5,510,042 57.87% +7.2% Note: This list excludes twelve other candidates, none of whom received more than 0.3% of total votes. References Tokyo gubernatorial election Category:Shintaro Ishihara Category:Tokyo gubernatorial elections Tokyo gubernatorial election Gubernatorial election