Editing Shinjuku (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Oka1.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]]]]
[[File:Shinjuku City Office 2007-01.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Shinjuku City Office]]
[[File:Shinjuku-Chūō-Kōen-flowerbed.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shinjuku Central Park]]]]
[[File:Shinjuku shopping street1.jpg|thumb|Shinjuku shopping street]]
[[File:Shinjuku shopping street.jpg|thumb|Shinjuku shopping area]]

Like the other [[special wards of Tokyo]], Shinjuku has a status equivalent to that of a [[Municipalities of Japan|city]]. The current mayor is Kenichi Yoshizumi. The {{Nihongo|ward council|区議会|kugikai}} consists of 38 elected members; the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and [[New Komeitō Party]] together currently hold a majority. The [[Democratic Party of Japan]], [[Japanese Communist Party]] and the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]] are also represented together with four [[independents (politician)|independents]]. Shinjuku's {{Nihongo|city office|区役所|kuyakusho}} is located on the southeastern edge of Kabukichō.

Shinjuku is also the location of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]]. The governor's office, the metropolitan assembly chamber, and all administrative head offices are located in the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]]. Technically, Shinjuku is therefore the [[prefectural capital]] of [[Tokyo]]; but according to a statement by the governor's office, Tokyo (the – as administrative unit: former – [[Tokyo City]], the area of today's 23 [[Special wards of Tokyo|special wards]] collectively) can usually be considered the capital of Tokyo (prefecture/"Metropolis") for geographical purposes. The Geographical Survey Institute (Kokudo Chiriin) names Tōkyō (the city) as capital of Tōkyō-to (the prefecture/"Metropolis").<ref>Tokyo Metropolitan Government, governor's office: [http://www.chijihon.metro.tokyo.jp/sonota/syozaiti.htm About Tokyo's prefectural capital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419085331/http://www.chijihon.metro.tokyo.jp/sonota/syozaiti.htm |date=2014-04-19 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref>

===Elections===
* [[2004 Shinjuku local election]]
* [[2006 Shinjuku mayoral election]]
* [[2007 Shinjuku local election]]