Miura City Council Passes No-Confidence Resolution Against Mayor Deguchi

Miura City Council unanimously approved a no-confidence resolution against Mayor 出口嘉一 at its August 31 plenary session. Councilors criticized the mayor for contacting individual citizens about their petitions without confirming the citizens’ intentions, which the council regarded as improper involvement. The resolution calls attention to the mayor’s conduct but does not itself remove him from office; the council adopted the measure as a formal reprimand.