Tokyo Gubernatorial Election 2020: Candidate Profile for Yasuhiro Sekiguchi

This is the 9th post introducing candidates in the Tokyo governor race.

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

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 Yasuhiro Sekiguchi and his policies.

Bio

2020 Policies

Sekiguchi doesn’t have a website, so the policies were taken from a website called Seijiyama.

1. Disaster Prevention

• Place surveillance cameras in areas at risk of flooding 
• Install disaster warning systems & other necessary tools to prepare for swift evacuations

2. Olympic Games

• To prevent heatstroke, avoid holding the Olympic Games midsummer 
• Respond to natural disasters by adding an emergency provision to the Constitution 

3. Tourism

• The low-altitude flight routes out of Haneda puts the lives of citizens at risk
• Immediately stop flying low altitude above a densely populated area & a difficult angle of approach (international standards stipulate flight angles to be 3 degrees)

4. COVID-19 response requires a delicate balance between prevention + economic recovery

• Promote outdoor exercise as a way of improving resistance & immunity
• 50% off parking fees at public parks and other public facilities on weekdays

5. Smoking

• Avoid excessive smoking bans
• Install smoking rooms in private facilities (avoid banning all smoking)

6. Environment

• Work on reducing plastic waste + marine debris/litter

7. Ensure senior citizens over 60 can work comfortably

• Enact regulation to extend life expectancy through things like volunteering
• Promote policies that improve young citizens’ personalities + intelligence
• Increase funding for programs aimed at the working-age population

First Impressions

• Emphasizes the importance of economic recovery in the COVID-19 response
• Promises to help both young and elderly citizens 
• Doesn’t go into detail about how programs would be funded