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Mika Yokota Becomes Hiroshima's First Female Governor

11/10/2025

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Mika Yokota won Nov. 10, 2025 Hiroshima Prefecture gubernatorial election, with turnout at 30.09 percent, down from 34.67 percent.
Yokota is an independent candidate.
Yokota defeated Mayumi Inohara in the election.
She became the first female governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and plans to continue the policies of outgoing Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki, while boosting community development for young people and women and increasing agricultural and fishery production.

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Story summary

Mika Yokota won Nov. 10, 2025 Hiroshima Prefecture gubernatorial election, with turnout at 30.09 percent, down from 34.67 percent.
Yokota is an independent candidate.
Yokota defeated Mayumi Inohara in the election.
She became the first female governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and plans to continue the policies of outgoing Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki, while boosting community development for young people and women and increasing agricultural and fishery production.