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Politics of Kanagawa, as in all prefectures of Japan, takes place in the framework of local autonomy that is guaranteed by the Constitution and laid out in the Local Autonomy Law. The administration is headed by a governor directly elected by the people every four years in first-past-the-post elections. Legislation, the budget and the approval of personnel appointments, including the (in Kanagawa: three) vice governors, are handled by the prefectural assembly that is directly elected by the people every four years by single-non transferable vote. Kanagawa is one of the most populous prefectures, second only to neighbouring Tokyo, and the only prefecture to contain three designated cities, among them the prefectural capital of Yokohama, the largest city of Japan. == National representation == Kanagawa is currently represented by 18 directly elected Representatives and temporarily seven Councillors (four elected every three years) in the national Diet. For the House of Representatives, it is part of the Southern Kantō proportional representation block along with neighbouring Yamanashi and Chiba in the East. Representatives from Kanagawa in Liberal Democratic strongholds, the so-called "conservative kingdoms" (''hoshu ōkoku''), include Shinjirō Koizumi, the son of former Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi (11th district), Tarō Kōno (15th district), the son of former Liberal Democratic Party president Yōhei Kōno (17th district until his retirement in 2009) and former Internal Affairs Minister Yoshihide Suga (2nd district). The now ruling Democratic Party had lost all districts of Kanagawa in the 2005 "postal" election, but won 14 of the 18 seats in 2009, including the 16th district, a "conservative kingdom" until then, of ex-minister Yoshiyuki Kamei and his son Zentarō. In 2012, Liberal Democratic Party and Kōmeitō together won 15 seats in Kanagawa, two went to Your Party, the only Democrat to hold onto his seat was Hirofumi Ryū in the 9th district. Under the postwar constitution, Kanagawa initially was represented by four Councillors electing two per election. As most two-member districts, it has often elected one Liberal Democrat and one Socialist. The longest serving Councillor from Kanagawa (1953–1983) was conservative Kenzō Kōno, House of Councillors president, brother of LDP faction leader Ichirō Kōno and uncle of representative Yōhei Kōno. In the 1990s, a reapportionment of Councillors gave Kanagawa one additional seat per election; another reapportionment effective in the 2013 and 2016 elections will bring the total to eight. The currently seven Councillors from Kanagawa are, as of August 2013, two members each of Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party and Your Party and one Kōmeitō member. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Kanagawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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