China News Service, July 5th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, at 8pm local time on July 5th, local time, the election of the governor of Tokyo officially ended. According to NHK's previous interviews and the results of export polls, the current Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has led the other candidates by a large margin, and has determined to win and will be re-elected.
Figure: Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo.
According to reports, including Koike, 22 candidates participated in the Tokyo governor election, the most in history.
Koike is 67 years old and was elected the first female governor of Tokyo in July 2016. She has been elected as a member of parliament many times, served as Minister of the Environment in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and was Japan's first female Minister of Defense.