
National / Politics Jul 6, 2020
Opposition laments failure to unite after Koike wins big in Tokyo election
Parties pledge to field unified candidates against the ruling coalition in the next Lower House election.
Opposition laments failure to unite after Koike wins big in Tokyo election
Parties pledge to field unified candidates against the ruling coalition in the next Lower House election.
Koike cruises to win in Tokyo governor race, vowing to continue fight against virus
The governor’s re-election is a tacit sign that a majority of voters in Tokyo trust Koike to continue her battle against the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus and Tokyo Olympics loom large in race to lead capital
Major candidates generally agree on strengthening the capital's medical capacity in preparation for a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
A week before Tokyo gubernatorial election, Koike takes commanding lead in polls
It appears the incumbent’s strategy — taking advantage of her popularity by running a defensive campaign — is working.
Tokyo gubernatorial candidates face off in first joint news conference
With candidates taking every chance they could to target incumbent Gov. Yuriko Koike, the initial debate may foreshadow how the election campaigns will proceed.
Utsunomiya withdraws from Tokyo gubernatorial race to boost opposition-supported Torigoe
One day before campaigning kicks off in Tokyo’s gubernatorial election, major contender Kenji Utsunomiya withdraws to give the opposition a better chance.
Media outlets at home and abroad are playing up the Tokyo gubernatorial election as an effective public referendum on whether Japan should ditch its atomic plants, focusing on the battle between anti-nuclear candidate Morihiro Hosokawa and ex-health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who is backed by ...
Do you think the nuclear issue should be the focus of the Tokyo election?
Tokyoites go to the polls Sunday to elect a governor to replace Naoki Inose, who quit his post in December amid a political funding scandal. So who will — or would — they vote for?
Don't split vote, anti-nuke group says
The two most popular anti-nuclear candidates running for Tokyo governor should decide between them who ought to drop out of the race for the good of the movement, a group of anti-nuclear activists said Monday. The 19-member group, led by journalist Satoshi Kamata, said they ...
Tokyo gubernatorial candidates speak on Olympics, nuclear power, disasters
Candidates running in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election are making the rounds of the capital, trying to reach out to as many voters as possible.
The following are brief profiles of major candidates in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election. Morihiro Hosokawa, 76 Hosokawa was prime minister from August 1993 until he resigned in April 1994 amid criticism over a ¥100 million loan he had taken 12 years earlier from parcel ...