林氏が４選出馬表明　「ＩＲ取り組む」―横浜市長選

　任期満了に伴う横浜市長選（８月８日告示、２２日投開票）で、林文子市長（７５）は１５日、市内で記者会見し、４選を目指し立候補すると表明した。同市長選への出馬表明は９人目。争点となるカジノを含む統合型リゾート施設（ＩＲ）誘致について、林氏は「横浜の将来にとって非常に大事。引き続き取り組んでいく」と述べ、推進する考えを強調した。
　同市長選では、自民党の小此木八郎前国家公安委員長（５６）が「ＩＲ取りやめ」を明言して出馬を表明。林氏とともに市議会でＩＲを推進してきた自民党市連は、小此木氏への推薦を見送り、自主投票を決めた。大半は小此木氏の支援に回る見通しだが、一部は林氏を支援するとみられ、分裂選挙は避けられない情勢だ。（2021/07/15-18:11）

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi said Thursday that she will run for a fourth term in the mayoral election in the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, next month.
   The election will take place on Aug. 22, with the official campaign period starting on Aug. 8. Hayashi became the ninth contender to announce candidacy in the election.
   The 75-year-old told a news conference in Yokohama on Thursday that a proposal for the city to host an integrated resort featuring a casino is "very important for Yokohama's future."
   "I'll continue to promote (the plan)," she said.
   Former National Public Safety Commission Chairman Hachiro Okonogi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, 56, is set to run in the election with a pledge to scrap the IR plan.