| Yoshitaka Nakayama | |
| Office: | Mayor of Ishigaki, Okinawa |
| Term Start: | March 20, 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Nagateru Ohama |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Ishigaki, Okinawa, USCAR |
| Nationality: | ese |
is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Ishigaki.[1] Nakayama was re-elected in 2022, with endorsements by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.[2]
In 2020, Nakayama passed a bill changing the name of Tonoshiro (a locale in Ishigaki) to “Tonoshiro Senkaku”, as the Senkaku Islands are a de facto part of Tonoshiro in an administrative sense. This was immediately condemned by both China and Taiwan, who also claim sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands (also known as Diaoyu Islands).[3]