Kanagawa Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
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| 2024 | Taro Kono continues as representative of Kanagawa 15th district. |
| 2024 | Election results were recorded for the Kanagawa 2nd district, though specific details of the candidates or outcome are not provided in the given text. |
| 2024 | Election for Kanagawa 1st district took place, representing a periodic democratic process for selecting local representative. |
| 2024 | Ikeda was elected to the district seat through proportional representation (PR) following Hisayasu Nagata's resignation. |
| April 2023 | Kawasaki's 60-member city parliament is re-elected in the unified elections, with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) winning 17 seats and becoming the largest party in the assembly. |
| 2022 | Election with by-election, including Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Nippon Ishin), Nobuhiro Miura (New Komeito), and Keīchirō Asao (LDP). |
| 2022 | Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa formed its 2022-23 season roster, featuring a diverse team of 11 players from Japan and Korea, including notable players like Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano. |
| April 1 2022 | Kanagawa Prefecture records a population of 9,221,129, making it the second-most populous prefecture in Japan |
| 2021 | Taro Kono re-elected as representative of Kanagawa 15th district. |
| 2021 | Election results were recorded for the Kanagawa 2nd district electoral constituency in this year. |
| 2021 | Election results were recorded for the Kanagawa 1st district, indicating a specific electoral event during this year. |
| 2021 | Jun Matsumoto ran as an independent candidate and lost to CDP candidate Gō Shinohara in the Kanagawa 1st district election. |
| 2021 | Hideshi Futori elected as representative for Kanagawa 13th district from CDP (Constitutional Democratic Party), currently incumbent |
| 2021 | In the general election, Kawasaki's House of Representatives seats are won by Liberal Democrats Kazunori Tanaka and Daishirō Yamagiwa, and Constitutional Democratic Party's Hirofumi Ryū. |
| February 2021 | Jun Matsumoto left the Liberal Democratic Party after being criticized for visiting a Ginza club during the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic spread, but did not stop the ongoing increase of foreign residents in Aikawa. |
| 2020 | Odawara Arena was used as a pre-Games training facility for the Tokyo Olympics. |
| 2019 | Election featuring Hiroe Makiyama (CDP) and Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Nippon Ishin). |
| 2019 | Competed in season where Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa finished 2nd in the league, with a record of 13 wins and 8 losses. |
| 2019 | Yuan Xuejiao's association with Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa continued until this year. |
| 2019 | Nissan Stadium served as a final venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. |
| 2018 | Yuan Xuejiao became a player associated with Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa team from China during this year. |
| 2018 | Competed in season where Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa finished 1st in the league, but ultimately lost in the playoff match against Nihon Seimei Red Elf. |
| 2017 | Electoral contest for the Kanagawa 2nd district in the general election of Japan. |
| 2017 | Taro Kono re-elected as representative of Kanagawa 15th district. |
| October 22 2017 | Norihiko Fukuda is re-elected to a second term as mayor, with support from LDP and Kōmeitō, defeating former municipal MP Akiko Yoshizawa and JCP-supported candidate Hirokazu Ichiko. |
| 2014 | Electoral contest for the Kanagawa 2nd district in the general election of Japan. |
| 2014 | Taro Kono re-elected as representative of Kanagawa 15th district. |
| 2013 | Formed sister relationship with Aguascalientes, México |
| October 27 2013 | Norihiko Fukuda is first elected as mayor of Kawasaki as an independent candidate. |
| 2012 | Electoral contest for the Kanagawa 2nd district in the general election of Japan. |
| 2012 | Taro Kono re-elected as representative of Kanagawa 15th district. |
| 2012 | In the Democratic Party defeat, Mieko Nakabayashi lost over 84,000 votes, and Jun Matsumoto regained the district seat. |
| 2012 | Akira Amari re-elected as representative for Kanagawa 13th district from Liberal Democratic Party |
| 2011 | Great East Japan Earthquake took place, yet the number of foreign residents in Aikawa continued to grow. |
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