Woman living in Leuven elected to be mayor in Japan – The Brussels Times

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1. Kishimoto Satoko was just elected as the mayor of the Suginami Ward in Tokyo. She is the 1st female mayor of Suginami, and the 3rd female mayor of a ward in Tokyo. She won by 187 votes. Here is a Japanese article with more details: https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/184606

   Edit: Video clip from a Belgian news program: https://twitter.com/hiroba2022/status/1539427188428025861

2. >“The election result came as a huge surprise. Satoko defeated the conservative mayor in office. Apparently, her political message appealed to many citizens,” Hoedeman explained. “Satoko wants less privatization and more citizen participation.”

   When your citizenry is so against neoliberalism they’ll elect someone for mayor that isn’t even in the country.

   (She’s seems pretty good in her own right, too)

3. There is no residency requirement to be mayor?

4. Is this some sort of reverse psychology PSYOP to clearly demonstrate the advantages of potentially dual-nationality persons?

   It may be too subtle for some to able to correctly read the air in the intended manner.

5. Her wiki says she moved to Japan for this election: [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%B8%E6%9C%AC%E8%81%A1%E5%AD%90](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%B8%E6%9C%AC%E8%81%A1%E5%AD%90)

6. Good news! Happy for her and the people that voted for her.

   I’m just surprised that she hasn’t made up her mind yet about whether or not to move to Japan.