Takashi Kawamura
Japanese politician
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| October 2024 | Re-elected as a member of the House of Representatives representing Aichi 1st electoral district after previously serving from 1993 to 2009. |
| August 16 2021 | Mayor Kawamura made a formal public apology for his inappropriate behavior towards Miu Goto, repeatedly bowing and stating he felt 'pathetic'. He announced his intention to take a 100% pay cut for three months as a consequence of his actions. |
| April 2021 | Elected for his fifth term as mayor of Nagoya, amid involvement in a recall campaign scandal against Aichi governor Hideaki Omura. |
| April 9 2021 | At a special exhibition in Sakae Plaza, Mayor Kawamura controversially removed his COVID mask and attempted to bite the golden male shachihoko, disregarding exhibition guidelines that asked guests to wear masks, disinfect hands, and only touch the statue's nose. |
| March 8 2021 | Mayor Kawamura oversaw the removal of two golden shachihoko (mythical half-tiger, half-fish creatures) from the roof of Nagoya Castle by helicopter, as part of a plan to generate tourist activity. |
| 2020 | During a press conference honoring Olympic softball gold medalist Miu Goto, Mayor Kawamura controversially bit her gold medal without consent and asked her an inappropriate personal question, which generated over 7,000 complaints to city officials. |
| August 2 2019 | Takashi Kawamura publicly complained about an art exhibition at the Aichi Triennale featuring a statue depicting Korean comfort women, demanding its removal. He argued that the exhibit's portrayal of comfort women was not factually correct and should not be displayed at a publicly funded venue. |
| February 6 2011 | Won a landslide re-election as mayor of Nagoya, gaining three times more votes than his DPJ rival. In the same election, three-quarters of voters supported a referendum to dissolve the sitting Nagoya assembly. |
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