京都知事に西脇氏再選　共産系新人破る

　任期満了に伴う京都府知事選は１０日投開票され、無所属現職の西脇隆俊氏（６６）＝自民、立憲民主、公明、国民民主推薦＝が、無所属新人で京都総評議長の梶川憲氏（６２）＝共産推薦＝を破り、再選を果たした。投票率は３７．５８％で、前回（３５．１７％）を上回った。
　西脇氏は、新型コロナウイルス対策を含む危機管理対応の実績をアピール。子育て環境の充実などを訴えて幅広い支持を集めた。梶川氏は、保健所増設や、北陸新幹線延伸計画への反対などを主張したが、及ばなかった。（2022/04/11-00:32）

Takatoshi Nishiwaki, governor of Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, won a second four-year term in a gubernatorial election Sunday.
   Nishiwaki, 66, collected 505,651 votes, against 251,261 votes for his sole competitor, Ken Kajikawa, 62, head of a labor organization. Voter turnout came to 37.58 pct, up from 35.17 pct in the previous Kyoto gubernatorial election in April 2018.
   Nishiwaki, who ran in the election as an independent candidate, was supported by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, as well as the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People, also an opposition party.
   Kajikawa, also an independent, was backed by the Japanese Communist Party.
   Nishiwaki drew support from a wide range of voters by underscoring risk management measures he took during his first term, including those for the fight against COVID-19, and vowing to improve the environment for raising children.