After largely being overlooked and receiving scant media coverage, 15 lesser-known candidates in Sunday’s Tokyo gubernatorial election had a last chance on Friday to make their case on how they would shake-up the mega city.
The 15, who include a journalist, entrepreneur and dentist, spoke in a joint appearance at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo. They are all polling well behind the three front-runners: Yuriko Koike, Hiroya Masuda and Shuntaro Torigoe.
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