Junko Mihara floated as possible alternative pro-IR Yokohama mayor

A report in the Japanese media suggests that pro-IR forces in Yokohama, led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (who represents a district within the city), are mulling a plan to ask Fumiko Hayashi not to run for reelection as mayor and instead put pro-IR hopes in the hands of Junko Mihara, a former actress and now a national conservative politician.

横浜市長選、三原じゅん子氏が出馬か…菅首相、地元・横浜に経済損失のカジノ誘致ゴリ押し (Business Journal)