KYOTO — Health care and the availability of doctors in remote areas are key issues in Sunday's Kyoto gubernatorial election, pitting two-term Gov. Keiji Yamada against newcomer Yusuke Mon.

Yamada, 56, is officially running as an independent but has the strong unofficial support of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito, as well as the Democratic Party of Japan. Mon is the official candidate of the Japanese Communist Party.

A public opinion poll conducted by local daily Kyoto Shimbun at the beginning of April showed the governor leading by a comfortable margin but also that more than 30 percent of voters were still undecided.