As the Tokyo gubernatorial election kicked off Thursday, voters said they were looking for a clean, corruption-free governor after the last two — Naoki Inose and Yoichi Masuzoe — resigned over money scandals.
Asuka Hatano, a mother in her 30s with a 2-year-old daughter, said she had not decided who to vote for on July 31 but might vote for the candidate most likely to have "the least risk."
"Whether famous or not ... I want to look closely at what the candidates have done in the past and decide," the Minato Ward resident said.