 Kawasaki is governed by Mayor Norihiko Fukuda, an independent elected on 27 October 2013.The city assembly has 63 elected members.Mayor Fukuda was re-elected to a second term in office on 22 October 2017 with support from LDP and Kōmeitō against former municipal MP Akiko Yoshizawa and KPJ-supported former primary school teacher Hirokazu Ichiko.