Editing Kyoto Prefecture (section)

==Politics==
The current [[governor of Kyoto]] is [[Takatoshi Nishiwaki]], a former vice minister of the [[Reconstruction Agency]]. He has been elected in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/08/national/politics-diplomacy/nishwaki-triumphs-kyoto-gubernatorial-race-vows-continue-policies-predecessor/ |title= Nishiwaki triumphs in Kyoto gubernatorial race, vows to continue policies of predecessor |date= 8 April 2018 |newspaper= The Japan Times}}</ref>

The previous governor of Kyoto is former [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan)|Home Affairs Ministry]] bureaucrat [[Keiji Yamada]]. He has been reelected to a fourth term in April 2014 with support from the major non-Communist parties against only one [[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]]-supported challenger.<ref>Asahi Shimbun, 6 April 2014: [http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG427GNFG42PLZB02F.html 京都知事に山田氏、4選 新顔の尾崎氏破る]</ref><ref>Yomiuri Shimbun, 6 April 2014: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/local/20140406-OYT1T50079.html 京都府知事選、現職の山田啓二氏が4選]</ref><ref>The Japan Times, 7 April 2014: [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/07/national/kyoto-re-elects-yamada-to-top-post/ Kyoto re-elects Yamada to top post]</ref>

[[Kyoto Prefectural Assembly|The prefectural assembly]] has 60 members from 25 electoral districts and is still elected in unified local elections (last round: [[2019 Japanese unified local elections|2019]]). As of September 2020, it was composed as follows: [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] 30, Japanese Communist Party 12, [[Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)|Democratic Party]] 11, [[Kōmeitō]] 5, [[Japan Restoration Party]] 2.<ref>Kyoto Prefectural Assembly: [https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/gikai/html/aramasi/aramasi2.html caucuses] {{in lang|ja}}</ref>

=== National representatives ===
Kyoto's delegation to the [[National Diet]] consists of six members of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] and four members (two per election) of the [[House of Councillors]]. After the national elections of 2019, 2021 and 2022, the prefecture is represented by two Liberal Democrats, two Constitutional Democrats, a FEFA member, and an independent in the lower house, and two Liberal Democrats, one Democrat and one Communist in the upper house.

==== Representatives (lower house) ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[Kyoto 1st district]]
|[[Yasushi Katsume]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]
|-
|[[Kyoto 2nd district]]
|[[Seiji Maehara]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Free Education For All}}|
|[[Free Education For All|FEFA]]
|-
|[[Kyoto 3rd district]]
|[[Kenta Izumi]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|
|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Constitutional Democratic]]
|-
|[[Kyoto 4th district]]
|[[Keiro Kitagami]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent}}|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[Kyoto 5th district]]
|[[Taro Honda]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]
|-
|[[Kyoto 6th district]]
|[[Kazunori Yamanoi]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|
|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Constitutional Democratic]]
|}

==== Councillors (upper house) ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Class
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|[[Shoji Nishida]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]
|-
|[[Akiko Kurabayashi]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}|
|[[Japanese Communist Party|Communist]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|[[Akira Yoshii (politician)|Akira Yoshii]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]
|-
|[[Tetsuro Fukuyama]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|
|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Constitutional Democratic]]
|}

===Prefectural symbols===
The prefectural flower of Kyoto is the weeping [[cherry]]. The Kitayama [[Sugi]] is the official tree, and the streaked [[shearwater]] the bird that symbolizes the prefecture.