谷本氏、８選不出馬を表明　「一定の役割終えた」―石川知事選

　石川県の谷本正憲知事（７６）は１７日、県庁で記者会見し、来年３月の任期満了に伴う知事選に、８選出馬しない意向を表明した。谷本氏は高齢であることを不出馬の理由に挙げ、「２７年間、（北陸新幹線の金沢開業など）陸海空の交流基盤の整備に全力を注ぎ、それがほぼ完成をみた。一定の役割を終えた」と説明した。
　知事選をめぐっては、自民党前衆院議員の馳浩元文部科学相（６０）が７月に立候補を表明。山野之義金沢市長（５９）らも出馬に意欲があるとされ、選挙の構図はいまだ不透明な状況だ。（2021/11/17-17:22）

Masanori Tanimoto, governor of Ishikawa Prefecture, who has been in office for more than 25 years, has said that he will not run for an eighth term as the head of the central Japan prefecture, due to his old age.
   "For 27 years, I have devoted myself to establishing land, sea and air transportation networks serving as the foundations for (Ishikawa residents') exchanges (with people in other prefectures)," Tanimoto, 76, said at a press conference at the prefectural government office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa's capital, Wednesday.
   "The work has almost been completed, and I fulfilled a certain role," he added. Tanimoto is now in the seventh term, the most among the country's 47 prefectural governors. His current term is slated to end in March 2022.
   During his long tenure, Tanimoto, among other things, worked for the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to Kanazawa.
   Former Japanese education minister Hiroshi Hase, 60, also a former House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in July this year expressed his intention to run in the upcoming Ishikawa gubernatorial election. Others, including Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano, 59, are also believed to be interested in joining the race.