Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike is gaining the upper hand, followed by former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda and veteran journalist Shuntaro Torigoe.

Former defense minister Yuriko Koike and veteran journalist Shuntaro Torigoe are leading the race to become Tokyo governor, with former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda in third place, according to the latest Kyodo News survey. But the two-day telephone survey conducted Saturday and Sunday, just ...

Former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda officially joined the Tokyo gubernatorial race Monday after receiving the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter, while a torrent of other candidates appeared ready to join him in throwing their hats into the ring. The LDP's ...

Ishida said he wouldn’t go out of his way to seek endorsement from the opposition but wanted to stand against “Abe’s monolithic administration.”

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe blasted the education and sports ministry and lawmakers for trying to push ahead with the costly National Stadium plan before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scrapped it. In a blog post Monday, Masuzoe, who had been critical of the stadium plan before ...

New Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe said Wednesday he will work hard to make the capital the best city in the world, while noting that it's up to the central government whether to bring the nation's nuclear reactors back online. "In order to make Tokyo the ...

Anti-nuclear former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is looking to run in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election.