The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Election Administration Commission plans to set a gubernatorial election for July 5 next year, the furthest away from the July 24 opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that it can hold the vote under the public office election law, according to informed sources.
The commission hopes to minimize the impact from the election on the quadrennial sporting event, the sources said.
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