福岡知事に服部氏再選　３新人破る

　任期満了に伴う福岡県知事選は２３日投開票され、無所属で現職の服部誠太郎氏（７０）＝自民、立民、国民、公明、社民推薦＝が、無所属で弁護士の吉田幸一郎氏（４５）ら新人３人を破り、再選を果たした。投票率は３１．５８％で過去最低だった前回（２９．６１％）を上回った。
　服部氏は１期目の実績をアピールしつつ組織戦を展開。県立高校の体育館などへのエアコン整備や３人以上の子どもがいる多子世帯への保育料負担軽減を公約に掲げ、幅広い支持を集めた。
　吉田氏は共産党の支持を受け、最低賃金の即時引き上げを主張。諸派で政治団体代表の新藤伸夫氏（７６）は現金を一律支給する「ベーシックインカム」の導入、無所属で自営業の藤丸貴裕氏（４８）も独自の政策を訴えたが、浸透しなかった。（2025/03/24-01:07）

Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori won his second term in Sunday's gubernatorial election in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, defeating three other candidates, including lawyer Koichiro Yoshida.
   Hattori, 70, an independent candidate, was backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Democratic Party for the People, Komeito and the Social Democratic Party.
   Voter turnout was 31.58 pct, up from 29.61 pct in the previous election four years ago, which was a record low.
   Hattori waged an organized campaign while highlighting his accomplishments during his first term. He garnered broad support for his pledges to install air conditioners in prefectural high school gymnasiums and other facilities and to reduce the burden of nursery school fees on households with three or more children.
   Yoshida, a 45-year-old independent supported by the Japanese Communist Party, advocated an immediate increase in the minimum wage. Nobuo Shindo, a 76-year-old representative of a political organization, called for the introduction of a basic income system that would provide flat cash allowances, and Takahiro Fujimaru, 48, an independent candidate who is a self-employed worker, appealed for his original policies. But the three failed to gather enough votes.