TOKYO, July 7 — Polls opened today to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan’s...
PM Anwar: Unity govt accepts Sungai Bakap poll results as voters’ will, committed to intensifying efforts to improve their wellbeingTokyo gubernatorial election candidate and Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike waves during an election campaign in Tokyo on July 6, 2024. — AFP picTOKYO, July 7 — Polls opened today to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan ’s male-dominated political sphere.
This will be some relief ahead of national elections due by late 2025 to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of deeply unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida which backs Koike, even though she broke away from the LDP in 2017.Kishida, whose public support rate has been dwindling to around 20 per cent, partly due to a political funds scandal revealed late last year, will also face the LDP leadership election later this year.
“I want people to see childbirth and raising children as a happiness, not a risk,” said the incumbent, who has campaigned with an AI-version of herself.“I will implement genuine long-term fertility measures,” said Renho, who is backed by Japan’s main opposition parties.A dark horse in the race could be independent candidate Shinji Ishimaru, 41, a former mayor of Akitakata in western Japan, recent polls also suggested, with some swing voters preferring him over Koike and Renho.
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