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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima, Japan, October 10, 2017.

Abe Faces Off against Tokyo Governor as Election Campaign Begins in Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 10, 2017 | World

Campaigning for the lower house election kicked off in Japan on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to fend off a challenge from the Tokyo governor. Up for grabs are 465 seats in the more powerful of Japan’s two-chamber parliament. The October 22...

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike while campaigning for her Tomin First Party for Sunday’s Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. (AP)

Japanese PM Suffers Heavy Defeat in Tokyo Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 2, 2017 | World

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a crushing defeat in local Tokyo elections on Sunday, losing to the capital’s Governor Yuriko Koike’s Tokyo Citizens First party. Koike’s novice party and its allies, including...

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Tokyo’s new mayor Yuriko Koike, a 64-year-old former TV anchorwoman, speaks fluent English and Arabic — the latter acquired as a student in Cairo — and has also served as environment minister (AFP Photo/Kazuhiro Nogi)

Tokyo Governor: People are the Backbone of Saudi Vision 2030

by Najeeb al-Khash | Sep 3, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Tokyo-Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike described the Saudi Vision 2030 as ambitious, saying it considers the people the most important wealth in the country, an approach that is highly respected given that the oil wealth was for a long time considered the foundation of...

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Tokyo elects Yuriko Koike as first female governor to lead city. Reuters

First Woman Governor Elected in Tokyo, Says Defying Party Secured Win

by Najeeb Al-Khash and Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 1, 2016 | World

Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote,...