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RACE

ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2017
Aussie pair wins annual race up Taipei 101's 2,046 steps
Two Australians on Sunday won this year's race up Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, climbing 2,046 steps in the annual "Taipei 101 Run Up."
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2017
Over 200 couples take part in Thailand's annual 'Running of the Brides' event
Some 250 couples in wedding dresses and suits raced through a Bangkok park on Saturday in the annual "Running of the Brides" to compete for $28,000 in wedding prizes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2017
Sikh, told to leave America, is shot in Washington state
A Sikh man was shot and wounded in Washington state by an attacker who approached him in his driveway and told him to leave the country, police and media reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2016
Tokyo's new governor says she's raring to push policy agenda forward
Tokyo's new governor, Yuriko Koike, says she's ready to put her pledge for sweeping change into force right away.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2016
Sakurai's xenophobic comments ignites debate over hate speech
In the run-up to Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election, one candidate's xenophobic speeches have fanned the flames of an ongoing debate over hate speech.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2016
What does Koike's election mean for Japanese politics?
Yuriko Koike just won the biggest gamble of her political career.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2016
Head of LDP Tokyo branch to resign after gubernatorial defeat
Nobuteru Ishihara, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter, said Thursday that he will resign from the post, following the defeat of the candidate the ruling party backed in last Sunday's gubernatorial election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2016
On first day in office, Yuriko Koike vows to shake up Tokyo politics
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike repeats her pledge to fulfill voters' demands for real change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 1, 2016
Savvy campaign helped Koike's election as Tokyo's first female governor
Yuriko Koike's focus must turn now to how she can get along with the metropolitan assembly.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2016
Yuriko Koike pledges reform, better day care and 'appropriate' price tag for 2020 Olympics
Yuriko Koike, chosen by Tokyo voters as their first-ever female governor, has vowed to initiate sweeping reforms of the metropolitan government and address the shortage of day care facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2016
Former environment minister Yuriko Koike wins landslide election as Tokyo's first female governor
Former environment minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected Tokyo governor Sunday, winning a landslide victory to become the capital’s first female leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 31, 2016
Corruption a recurring theme in Tokyoites' picks for governor
The money scandals that felled Tokyo's past two governors apparently influenced Sunday's election with many voters saying they expected their new leader to stamp out graft in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2016
Candidates make final appeal on last day before Tokyo gubernatorial election
Candidates vying to become Tokyo governor took to the streets under a simmering sun Saturday to make their final appeals before Tokyoites go to the polls Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2016
Race relations in spotlight in Canada as Montreal cop convicted in teen's shooting death caught on video
A six-year prison sentence for a policeman in the shooting death of a teenager three years ago was a rare conviction in Canada, where activists say officers too often get off easy in brutality cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2016
Tokyo race front-runners seen as short on plans for day care, Olympics
As Tokyo residents gear up to vote in Sunday's gubernatorial election, candidates are making last-ditch bids for ballots.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In Tokyo gubernatorial poll, more color than most know
What do a onetime Arabic translator, an advocate of decentralization and a former Tehran correspondent have in common?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2016
Abe's boys club makes mockery of 'womenomics'
If Shinzo Abe cared about gender equality he would back Yuriko Koike's bid to be Tokyo's first female governor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2016
Tokyo gubernatorial candidate Torigoe accuses weekly of libel
Shuntaro Torigoe, the opposition block candidate in the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election, filed a criminal complaint Thursday with Tokyo prosecutors against a weekly magazine for libel.
EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2016
The election showdown in Tokyo
Tokyo voters have a big decision to make, and the party affiliations of the leading candidates for governor should be the least of their worries.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2016
Online popularity of Tokyo gubernatorial candidates largely depends on when they joined the race
There is a wide disparity in the popularity of the social networking accounts of Tokyo gubernatorial election candidates, depending apparently on when each contender joined the race.

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