General election
Governor
- Must be held by April 2027 (no fixed date)
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Source: nga.gr.jp, checked (+2 more)Expected with the 21st unified local elections in April 2027, whose dates are set by a special act for each round (not enacted as of 2026-10-12; past first-phase dates were 2019-04-07 and 2023-04-09). Stored here as the legal deadline: the governor's term expires 2027-04-29 (National Governors' Association governor file).
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- nga.gr.jp · checked National Governors' Association (全国知事会), 都道府県知事ファイル data (search/index.json), read 2026-10-12: current governor term expiry (expire) used as the latest_possible election date; replaces an estimated unified-election date 2027-04-11 or a term-expiry date off by 1-3 days taken from Japanese Wikipedia. For: Date and type of vote
- ja.wikipedia.org · checked Japanese Wikipedia, 第21回統一地方選挙, read 2026-10-12: 21st unified local elections expected 2027-04-11 and 2027-04-25. Note corrected: no standing statute fixes the "second Sunday of April" (the 2019 prefectural round was on the first Sunday, 2019-04-07); each cycle has its own special-provisions act, which was not found for 2027. Date stays unconfirmed. For: Date and type of vote
- ja.wikipedia.org · checked Term-expiry date from Japanese Wikipedia, 日本の都道府県知事一覧 (governors) or Japan's four-year terms (Local Autonomy Act Arts. 93, 140), read 2026-10-12; unified-election date derived from the Act on Special Provisions for unified local elections (2nd Sunday of April, 2027-04-11); not yet officially announced. For: Date and type of vote
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