■ "It's 100:0, one is good and the other is evil" The Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election following the loss of the previous governor took place on the 17th, with the former governor Saito Motohiko emerging as the sure winner. Inamura Kazumi, whose defeat was now certain, reflected on the election campaign, saying in an interview with Kansai TV, "I think there is a slight gap between the story that Saito's camp was promoting and reality. It has become a case of one side being good and the other being evil." ■ "There is a slight gap between the story that the Saito camp was advocating and reality" (Q: Your defeat in this election is certain. How do you feel about this?) Inamura Kazumi: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who supported me. I feel that this election is a little unusual, but I would like to ask everyone to stay calm and learn from this, and I would like to do the same." (Q: What was your biggest feeling throughout the election campaign?) Inamura Kazumi: "I feel that there is a slight gap between the story that the Saito camp was advocating and reality. It felt like it was 100:0, that one side was right and the other was evil, so I hope that prefectural government will move forward with accurate information and constructive discussion." ■ Inamura: It became an election that came down to 'what do you believe in?' (Q: Can you think of any reasons or strategies that might have led to your message not being conveyed effectively?) Inamura Kazumi: "My personal feeling is that it has come down to 'what do you believe in?'" (Q: There was also slander during the election campaign. You spent a lot of time erasing it and suing, so do you feel that this was not what you wanted?) Inamura Kazumi: Yes. Such discourse was mainly spread online, and I think there is a difference in the amount of information available, and once the media sees something, similar things will keep appearing, making it easier to consume that kind of information. That is what I felt. There were efforts to create (SNS) accounts in support of the candidate and to negate information that was thought to be inaccurate, but these were suddenly notified in a concentrated manner, and as a result, (SNS) accounts were closed. This is what happened in this election. Compared to Saito, there were many opinions that Inamura did not have concrete policies. (Q: The 17-day election campaign has turned into a situation that even Inamura could not have imagined before the announcement of the election?) Inamura Kazumi: Yes. I expect that various investigations will be carried out. Q: In your speech, you spoke of "trust and dialogue," but many people said that your concrete policies were not as detailed as those of Saito. Wasn't the situation such that you could have taken it to that point? ) Inamura Kazumi: "I accept that, but I would say that I personally did not intend it that way..." (Q: Didn't you dedicate a bit of emphasis to the criticism of the former governor and the problems with prefectural government, such as the confusion?) Inamura Kazumi: "I do believe that this series of problems stemmed from the governance of the administrative organization." ■ "I have no intention of not being proactive in posting on social media" (Q: Looking at how you fought in the first and second half of your campaign, I got the impression that in the first half you held a lot of dialogue meetings and the like, and that you were not as proactive in posting on social media as the other candidates. How did you fight?) Inamura Kazumi: "I have no intention of not being proactive at all. However, it is true that we positioned online tools as a way to normally post about our policies, our activities, and things like that. We did not anticipate using them in a way that would intentionally put together a lot of things." (Q: You advocated a variety of policies, but it seemed to me that you didn't come up with that much in your speeches. Was it because you deliberately didn't include them, or was it because you wanted to say them but Couldn't I have said it? Thinking about it now, do I think I should have stated my policies more clearly? ) [Inamura Kazumi] "No, no. That's the impression I got. I don't feel that it was an election that was very heated due to policy conflicts." [Inamura Kazumi] "For example, when it comes to wanting to support young people, there isn't much difference between me and candidate Saito. If there was a slight difference, it would have been about how to make prefectural university tuition free." 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