Tokyo Gubernatorial Election 2020: Candidate Profile for Hideyuki Takemoto

This is the 7th post introducing candidates in the Tokyo governor race.

Check the other candidate profiles using these links: Koike; Utsunomiya; Ono; Yamamoto; Sakurai; Komiyama.

The goal of these profiles is to get readers to know all the candidates on one website. I want to help people find information with minimal effort.

This post will focus on Hideyuki Takemoto and his policies.

Bio

2020 Policies

① Abolish the consumption tax

• Issue a Tokyo card & distribute it to every citizen 
• Consumption tax will be paid by Tokyo when the card is used
• Corporations will pay for the “lost” consumption tax (will utilize local taxes)

② Begin negotiations with the US for the return of Yokota Air Base to Japan

• Question why the US has bases in Japan
• Return the airspace around Yokota to Japan 

③ Move all utility poles underground

First Impressions

• Strongly urges for the abolishment of the consumption tax
• Takemoto & Yamamoto are the only candidates who discuss returning the airspace around Yokota to Japan
• One issue candidates can’t win—Takemoto probably knows that, but still spent his own money to draw attention to certain issues