Overview
- Filing opened January 12 for the town’s term-expiration election in Hokkaido’s Kamikawa region.
- Two candidates submitted papers: incumbent Okuyama Sakari, 65, seeking a fourth term, and newcomer Nakahara Koichi, 64, a former town assembly chairman.
- Both candidates are running as independents, according to Hokkaido Shimbun Digital.
- The filing deadline is 5 p.m. on January 12, and the contest is expected to be a two-person race.
- Voting is scheduled for January 17 with same-day tabulation of results.