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IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 97 日本 decided whether to bring an IR [to Yokohama] and I am also listening to various opinions without preconception.” In August 2019, Hayashi officially announced an IR bid for Yokohama city. MIXED BAG Back to the present, with the Yokohama city mayoral election now upon us. What is surprising about this election is that there are no fewer than nine candidates at time of publication. Of those nine, only two candidates are in favor of an IR bid while seven are against it. Surprisingly, the latter group includes House of Representatives member and Chairman of the National Safety Commission, Hachiro Okonogi, who gave up his cabinet position after announcing that his candidacy would be on an anti-IR platform. As a result of this stance, the Yokohama branch of the LDP has avoided publicly recommending any candidate. Also opposing an IR bid is former Yokohama City University professor Takeharu Yamanaka who is recommended by the Constitutional Democratic Party, former Nagano governor Yasuo Tanaka, incumbent Yokohama City Council member Masataka Ota, fisheries wholesaler president Yoshikazu Tsubokura and attorney Nobuo Gohara. The two candidates in favor of an IR are Mayor Hayashi and former member of the House of Representatives and Cabinet Senior Vice Minister Mineyuki Fukuda. WE HAVE A WINNER? Realistically the race will come down to Hayashi 對於橫濱綜合度假村爭戰的公眾討論,始於2012年。這與 安倍晉三再度拜相的時間吻合。當時社會亦對於一個為日本而 設的綜合度假村概念展開積極討論。林文子的立場是:綜合度 假村對於橫濱的可持續發展至關重要。在2016年時曾表示:「 我認為可持續發展對於橫濱的未來是至關重要,因此我積極考 慮一間擁有一個娛樂場的綜合度假村。」 在備戰2017年8月的選舉時,她在一場定期會面中指出:「 我在此刻仍未決定是否爭取興建娛樂場。」後來,她在3月就補 充:「我們需要科學研究,並且繼續留意全國的情況,以作出一 個關於綜合度假村的決定。」 在她2017年第三度參選時的競選承諾中,她曾宣示要「考 慮爭取興建度假村。」在獲勝後,她就表示「橫濱綜合度假村競 逐是白紙一張」,並且解釋她並未有決定採取任何方向。可是, 這就被當地日本媒體錯誤解讀為放棄該構思。 在她的第三個任期當中,林文子在2017及2018年期間每 當被問到關於綜合度假村的問題時,都重覆著她那「白紙一張」 的答案。可是,她就解釋說『白紙一張』所指的,是我並未決定是 否把綜合度假村帶到橫濱,我亦在沒有前設的情況下聽取各方 的意見。」 到了2019年8月,林文子正式宣佈,橫濱市競逐興建綜合 度假村。 百花齊放 把時間拉回現在,橫濱的市長選舉近在咫尺。這場選戰令 人驚訝的地方在於參選人數目。在文章刊出時,就有不少於9名 人士競逐市長寶座。現在這9名候選人當中,只有兩人是支持競 逐綜合度假村的興建,另外7人就已經表明反對。出奇的是,這 些當中就包括了日本眾議院議員、國家公安委員會前委員長小 此木八郎。他在宣佈以反對綜合度假村的政綱參選後,就辭去 了內閣職位。也是因為這個立場,自民黨的橫濱支部就沒有公 開地推薦任何參選人。 反對競逐綜合度假村的,還有得到立憲民主黨支持的橫濱

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