横浜市長選、投票締め切る　８人立候補、国政に影響も

　任期満了に伴う横浜市長選は、２２日午後８時に投票が締め切られた。選挙戦には、現職と新人を合わせて過去最多となる８人が立候補。市選出の菅義偉首相は、閣僚を辞任して出馬した候補を支援しており、結果は国政に影響を与えそうだ。即日開票され、深夜に結果が判明する見通し。
　午後７時半現在の投票率は３３．５８％で、前回を７．７３ポイント上回っている。
　市長選に立候補しているのは、元長野県知事の田中康夫氏（６５）、前国家公安委員長の小此木八郎氏（５６）、元横浜市立大教授の山中竹春氏（４８）＝立憲民主推薦＝、現職の林文子氏（７５）、前神奈川県知事の松沢成文氏（６３）ら。（2021/08/22-20:06）

Voting was underway in the closely watched mayoral election in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Sunday, involving a record eight candidates.
   Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has his constituency in the port city, capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, supports a candidate who resigned from his cabinet earlier this year to run in the election. Results of the election are expected to affect national politics as well.
   Votes will be cast until 8 p.m. (11 a.m. GMT) and voting counting will start immediately afterward.
   As of 11 a.m., voter turnout stood at 8.85 pct, up 3.34 percentage points the previous mayoral election.
   The eight contenders include Yasuo Tanaka, 65, former governor of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Hachiro Okonogi, 56, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Takeharu Yamanaka, 48, former professor of Yokohama City University, incumbent Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi, 75, and former Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa, 63.