I would be happier if the Japanese Communist Party wasn't so shit. Still an improvement, I guess.

Neat

damn

Seems like the machine translation struggled a bit, and it always screws up pronouns/titles in Japanese (not to mention names, as with the incumbent here), so here's my modified (still kinda wonky) translation:

In the May 29th Kiyose, Tokyo mayoral election, the independent[^1] newcomer and former city council vice-chairwoman Ms. Hiromi Harada (52, endorsed by the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party) defeated independent[^1] incumbent Mr. Keishi Shibuya (endorsed by the LDP and Komeito) and was elected to the office for the first time. There were 62,650 eligible voters on election day, with a voter turnout of 40.18% (39.41% in the previous election).

Mayor-elect Harada stated, "We were able to win thanks to the power of the people of Kiyose. I thought it was a tall order, but the citizens desperate for change made their voices heard."

A former hospital worker, she was first elected to the city council in 2003 with the endorsement of the JCP and served for six terms.

During the election campaign, she emphasized her experience in tackling the improvement of medical care and child-rearing environments, and touted the idea of "creating a town that leverages the voices of its citizens." She appealed for the reopening of the closed municipal library, and criticized the current municipal government, saying, "The closure was a failure." She also extended support to the establishment of a branch office of the city hall near Kiyose Station and the enactment of a children's rights ordinance.

Electoral results:

	Votes	Candidate	Age	Status
✔	13,064	Hiromi Harada	50	Independent challenger
	11,746	Keishi Shibuya	52	Independent incumbent

[^1]: This seems to be some quirk of Japanese mayoral elections where politicians already affiliated with a political party run as an independents and then can receive endorsements from multiple parties...idk anything about it, personally.

Reminder the Japanese communist party is anti China and thinks the soviets were imperialist.

They're to the right of like, AOC, in many ways.