China News Service, July 5. According to a report by the Kyodo News Agency, the governor of Tokyo, Japan, voted on the 5th, and 22 candidates set a record for the most candidates. 67-year-old Yuriko Koike successfully defeated many competitors and was re-elected successfully for a four-year term.
Data Map: Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, Japan.
According to reports, under the shadow of the new crown epidemic, Yuriko Koike did not hold street speeches on the grounds of “avoiding the three secrets that led to the expansion of the epidemic”, but conducted election activities mainly on the basis of posting videos online. She used her achievements in the first term and her popularity as an incumbent to stay ahead.
Among the other candidates, Utsunomiya, who participated in the election of the governor for the third time, received support from the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Communist Party, and the Social Democratic Party, but failed to obtain widespread support. Taro Yamamoto, who announced his candidacy shortly before the announcement, failed to recover from his late decline, and the support group also coincided with Utsunomiya. Former deputy governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Toshio Ono, who focused on promoting his administrative experience, failed to penetrate the electorate.
Looking back on the last election campaign held in 2016, Koike was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party at that time, but in order to declare his determination to reform in Tokyo, he used a non-partisan identity and won a vote of about 2.91 million votes without the recommendation of any political party. He won an overwhelming victory, with a vote rate of about 44%, far ahead of other candidates, becoming the first female governor in Tokyo and the seventh female governor in Japan at the time.
It is understood that Yuriko Koike has been elected as a member of parliament many times, served as the Minister of the Environment in the former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet, and was also Japan's first female defense minister.
The Kyodo News reported that the problems of the metropolitan government are piled up, including the new crown epidemic countermeasures that are clearly spreading again and the countermeasures for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics that will be postponed to next year. Koike’s ability as a leader in the next four years Will be tested.